{"id":869,"date":"2017-10-17T09:00:30","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T09:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamibrumbaugh.com\/?p=869"},"modified":"2017-10-17T01:01:55","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T01:01:55","slug":"the-signs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tamibrumbaugh.com\/?p=869","title":{"rendered":"The Signs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-870 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/tamibrumbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Know-the-Signs-300x292.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tamibrumbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Know-the-Signs-300x292.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tamibrumbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Know-the-Signs-309x300.jpg 309w, https:\/\/www.tamibrumbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Know-the-Signs.jpg 319w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I saw you last weekend. So brave and strong. Smiling even though your heart must still be aching.You didn\u2019t bring up his suicide, so neither did I. Was that right? I don\u2019t know. There probably isn\u2019t a \u201cright\u201d in this situation. For now I will follow your lead.<\/p>\n<p>I often think of my friends who have lost loved ones and realize that I could be in their position all too easily. The pressures we face can bury us if we try to carry the burden alone. I can\u2019t imagine trying to navigate life without God carrying me and my family and friends holding my hands. It\u2019s all just too much.<\/p>\n<p>Whenever we hear about a suicide, it\u2019s natural to go on high alert about our own loved ones. The counselor at my school shared some <strong>risk factors for suicide<\/strong> that I have filed into the back of my mind. These include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>mental illness<\/li>\n<li>substance abuse<\/li>\n<li>previous suicide attempts<\/li>\n<li>hopelessness<\/li>\n<li>access to lethal means<\/li>\n<li>recent loss of loved ones<\/li>\n<li>unemployment<\/li>\n<li>vulnerability to self-harm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Warning signs for suicide<\/strong> include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>increased substance use (alcohol or drug)<\/li>\n<li>no sense of purpose in life<\/li>\n<li>anxiety or agitation<\/li>\n<li>unable to sleep or sleeping all of the time<\/li>\n<li>feeling trapped<\/li>\n<li>withdrawal from friends, family, and society<\/li>\n<li>rage, seeking revenge<\/li>\n<li>acting reckless<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>None of us are to blame if someone decided to end it all, but being informed just might help us save a life. We can make a difference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I saw you last weekend. So brave and strong. Smiling even though your heart must still be aching.You didn\u2019t bring up his suicide, so neither did I. Was that right? I don\u2019t know. There probably isn\u2019t a \u201cright\u201d in this &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tamibrumbaugh.com\/?p=869\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[116,313,312,311,314,309,316,308,310,301,306,307,315],"class_list":["post-869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-agitation","tag-anger","tag-anxiety","tag-hopelessness","tag-loss","tag-mental-illness","tag-reckless","tag-risk-factors","tag-substance-abuse","tag-suicide","tag-suicide-prevention","tag-warning-signs","tag-withdrawal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tamibrumbaugh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tamibrumbaugh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tamibrumbaugh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamibrumbaugh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamibrumbaugh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=869"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamibrumbaugh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":871,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamibrumbaugh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869\/revisions\/871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tamibrumbaugh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamibrumbaugh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamibrumbaugh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}