It is National Suicide Prevention Week, and here's how you can help the people you love

''At the tail end of 2006, after giving birth to my first child, I wanted to die. It’s not easy to write those words, just as it wasn’t easy to recognize the dark hole I’d fallen into that I, alone, couldn’t pull myself out of. While I should have been a joyous, doting new mother, I spent much of my time clinging to the cold bathroom floor; door locked, lights out, wishing away the minutes because getting out of bed became too much — living became too much. Sometimes I’d cry and curse myself for not being a better parent; other times, I’d recite the reasons my daughter, and everyone else, would be better off without me — and I had many.

September kicks off National Suicide Prevention Week(September 5th-11th), and like many others, I had no idea how to heal myself...''

by Candace Ganger