020: Finding Peace (Momentary Reflections)

What does it mean to truly prevent suicide? I’ve been asked this question plenty of times and I’ve thought about it ten fold. Having this project focus on veteran suicide benefits us in two ways. First, we can better understand the tribulations of our fellow veterans and honor their stories through this programming. Second, we can pick up on the military specific situations and how to best address them, while still applying what we understand to struggles with suicide within the wider population. I believe a lot of people who do not understand depression or PTSD or suicide will put all of these on a scale of happy to sad. Happy being a place where suicide is never considered, sad being a place where such suicidal behavior begins. I’m sure many of us who have been there or have seen someone get to that dark place even think of it as being “okay” and “not okay.” The opposite of depression, PTSD, suicide, or stress is not happiness or “being okay.” It’s peace. So, to combat these problems, we should avoid the rewiring and pursuit of happiness, but rather be in search of peace. For the rest of this post, tune into the podcast or go to One2ManyProject.com/20