Letter: Call 988 if someone you know is experiencing a mental health crisis

Ask for help when you know someone is struggling with mental health issues.

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  • | 1:45 p.m. October 26, 2024
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Call 988 for help during a mental health crisis

Please, if you or someone you know is experiencing a mental health crisis, please call/text the National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988. A family member of ours took his own life this past month. He was only 43 years old, a fireman, EMT, paramedic.

The article in the Palm Coast Observer noted his passing with no mention of any problems. To the contrary, the article described a caring, loving, supportive husband, father etc. Yes, he was all of that and he still took his own life.

What a missed opportunity to educate the public. Ask for help when you know someone is struggling with mental health issues. Everyone knows to call 911 when you need police, fire, ambulance. Call 988 when you are depressed and having suicidal thoughts. 

Aloha Patricia Von Jasinski

Palm Coast 

 

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