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DOWNHILL: My Journey With A Depression & Suicide Attempt

Suicide lessons for the soul! What suicide thought me about life. Sharing "lessons learned" while fighting taboos. Isolating people who feel isolated in their depression is not the way! If I can help one person... It's a start!

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A Windy Life

How To Find A Life Purpose After a Suicide Attempt

Five steps to uncovering a will to live when family & friends have disappeared.

Dec 26, 2021

How To Find A Life Purpose After a Suicide Attempt

Dec 26, 2021

Dwade Kearns
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A Windy Life

How Smartphone (Video) Games Fed My Depression & Suicide Attempt

Why are gaming companies allowed to benefit from addictions and gambling-disguised-as-video-games without clear warnings and oversight?

Oct 28, 2021

How Smartphone (Video) Games Fed My Depression & Suicide Attempt

Oct 28, 2021

Dwade Kearns
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The Bigger Picture

Suicide: There Is a Wall Around This Topic & It’s Killing Me!

Who can I talk to? The myth that “those who talk about suicide don’t do it.”

Jun 29, 2021

Suicide: There Is a Wall Around This Topic & It’s Killing Me!

Jun 29, 2021

Dwade Kearns
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Ascent Publication

Lessons from ‘A Star Is Born’ Compared to My Own Suicide Attempt

Words matter. Words have consequences.

Jun 13, 2021

Lessons from ‘A Star Is Born’ Compared to My Own Suicide Attempt

Jun 13, 2021

Dwade Kearns
in
A Windy Life

Should I ditch toxic people in my life — or help them?

Will you save your friend suffering from mental illness or put the last nail in the coffin?

Jan 20, 2021

Should I ditch toxic people in my life — or help them?

Jan 20, 2021

Dwade Kearns
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The Bigger Picture

Why Suicide Prevention Campaigns Failed Me — And What Could Save Lives

I attempted suicide. Here’s why suicide prevention campaigns did not work for me, and what could have.

Aug 17, 2020

Why Suicide Prevention Campaigns Failed Me — And What Could Save Lives

Aug 17, 2020

Dwade Kearns
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The Bigger Picture

I Attempted Suicide. Here’s What You Don’t Understand.

Common misconceptions about suicide

Aug 9, 2020

I Attempted Suicide. Here’s What You Don’t Understand.

Aug 9, 2020

Dwade Kearns
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