We recently witnessed two high profile suicides in the Negro community with untimely deaths of 30-year-old 2019 Miss USA, Cheslie Kryst, and 26-year-old Ian Alexander Jr., son of Eric’s childhood crush, esteemed actor-director Regina King.
According to statistics, Negros and Latino people are least likely to take their lives in comparison to the US average. However, numbers have been rising in the past decade.
Those who are left behind are impacted in ways that reverberate the trauma of losing a loved one over and over again year after year. Parental relationships, if married, can result in divorce. When you’re the partner of the deceased, your subsequent relationships could experience challenges.
The losses that our community and our world is experiencing are taking place more than the dialogue. Let’s talk about what we can learn from the loved ones around us. Doing so will literally save lives.
From a pandemic to the pressure of desiring some sense of “normalcy,” one lesson may be that communication and mental health go hand in hand.
Videos for supporting your partner:
Six Hidden Connection Secrets - https://youtu.be/5V5K1P6TikM
Supporting Your Spouse - https://youtu.be/-K6W2zFx_Bw
Suicide Prevention:
Suicide Prevention Resource Center - https://www.sprc.org/
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention - https://afsp.org/
The McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research at New York University - https://mcsilver.nyu.edu/troubling-trends-in-black-youth-suicide-illuminated-in-new-podcast-series/
Grief Counseling:
Bo's Place - https://www.bosplace.org/en/
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