The Bonsall Project

Providing Hope, Healing, and Empowerment through
an increased awareness of our Mental Well-being

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About Area

Let’s keep the conversation going about mental health and work towards a world where seeking help is encouraged and supported.

You are not alone. Seeking help for your mental health is a sign of strength, not weakness.

Understanding the issues concerning suicide and mental health is an important way to take part in suicide prevention, help others in crisis, and change the conversation around suicide. Suicide is not inevitable for anyone. By starting the conversation, providing support, and directing help to those who need it, we can prevent suicides and save lives.

Evidence shows that providing support services, talking about suicide, reducing access to means of self-harm, and following up with loved ones are just some of the actions we can all take to help others. By offering immediate counseling to everyone that may need it, local crisis centers provide invaluable support at critical times and connect individuals to local services.

Support Area

Evidence shows that providing support services, talking about suicide, reducing access to means of self-harm, and following up with loved ones are just some of the actions we can all take to help others. We work every single day to help save lives and assist people to get care anytime, anywhere, and in any way that works for them. We are unwavering in our belief that everyone can achieve emotional wellness with the right care and support.

If you feel unhappy, depressed, anxious, fearful, moody, or in need of emotional help, a mental health professional can help you to better understand your problems and, with time, to feel better. Mental health professionals have specialized training to identify and understand problems that may be causing you discomfort or putting you at risk, and also in helping people with a variety of mental disorders.

Observable Signs & Symptoms

  1. Talking about wanting to die or wanting to kill themselves
  2. Talking about feeling empty or hopeless or having no reason to live
  3. Talking about feeling trapped or feeling that there are no solutions
  4. Feeling unbearable emotional or physical pain
  5. Talking about being a burden to others
  6. Withdrawing from family and friends
  7. Displaying extreme mood swings, suddenly changing from very sad to very calm or happy

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Resources Area

Mental Health Resources & Links

triangle-rightSuicide Prevention

  1. Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention

  2. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

  3. Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide

  4. Suicide Prevention Resource Center

triangle-rightMental Health Services

  1. Mental Health America

  2. The Forward Foundation

  3. Carelon Behavioral Health

  4. Suicide Prevention Shareables

triangle-rightEmotional Awareness

  1. Mental Health is Health

  2. Emotional Intelligence Toolkit

  3. You Are Not Alone - Suicidal Ideation

  4. Promise 2 Live

triangle-rightAddiction Assistance

  1. Alcoholics Anonymous

  2. Narcotics Anonymous

  3. Addiction Resources

  4. Detox Local

triangle-rightRoad to Recovery

  1. Healing After a Suicide Attempt

  2. Surviving a Suicide Attempt

  3. Start Your Recovery

  4. Recovery 101

triangle-rightSupport & Stories

  1. Suicide Loss Support Groups

    2. SAVE Support Groups

  2. Hope Inc. Stories

  3. Moving America’s Soul on Suicide

Access to suicide prevention services and support are available in our local communities as well as through a national suicide prevention lifeline. You are not alone in helping someone in crisis. There are many resources available to assess, treat and intervene. Crisis lines, counselors, intervention programs and more are available to you, as well as to the person experiencing the emotional crisis.

The fact is that persons who are impacted by mental illness or who need support for suicide prevention, suicide loss, or a previous attempt rarely come into contact with the public mental health system. Many go without treatment or support at all. To help our communities, we must build and support locally available resources for those who may be at risk of suicide. This task is challenging, but with your support, we can accomplish it together.

Contact Area

Suicide prevention starts with recognizing the warning signs of suicide and taking them seriously. Talking openly about suicidal thoughts and feelings can save a life. National and local mental health services, listed here, offer telephone, chat, text and other resources for people who are at risk of suicide. Contact your local mental health authority or call
2-1-1 and ask for the LMHA in your area. If someone is in immediate danger, please call your local emergency number for direct help.

Too many people experience suicidal crisis or mental health-related distress without the support and care they need. Please remember that there is someone who cares and is willing to listen and speak with you when you are feeling depressed and/or suicidal. People do care about your safety and well being. If you are thinking about harming yourself — get immediate crisis support.

  1. Feel Safe Helpful Connections
    1. Find Treatment
    2. 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
    3. Open Counseling
    4. Start Your Recovery
    5. Help Guide Org
    6. Youth Gov Topics
    7. Find A Helpline

Prevention

Lives

Affirmations Area

This is really hard for me to say but I’m having painful thoughts and it might help to talk. Are you free?

If you are feeling suicidal, you are not alone and there is support available. You deserve to feel supported. Talking about how you are feeling could help alleviate some of your distress. You might want to talk to someone close to you. Or if you prefer you could speak to volunteers who have been trained to listen by contacting a helpline. Experiencing thoughts of suicide/self-harm is very distressing, if you are considering suicide or self-harm or are in danger, please call your local emergency services immediately to ensure your safety.

When you get a chance can you contact me? I feel really alone and suicidal, and could use some support.

Type anything you may be feeling into either one of the boxes above, then click on the corresponding Submit button to anonymously release your message into the ether. Every post sent is private and guaranteed to be completely confidential. Your personal safety is important to us.

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