Myth: When People Talk About Suicide…
Myth – When people talk about suicide, they won’t actually act it out.
Truth – Talking about suicide very often leads to suicide attempts. When someone begins to talk and think about suicide they are already in the planning stage.
But what is also true is that some people do not talk about suicide, and give no warnings. But there are warning signs which in retrospect can be seen.
The difficulty for survivors is that looking back.
