DATELINE: Tuesday, November 7, 2017
LOCATION: Chicago, Illinois USA
THE POWER OF THE HOLLYWOOD MOVIE SCRIPT:
Had it not been for Wisdom of The Crowd’s Sunday, November 5, 2017 Episode spotlighting The Teen Suicide Epidemic taking place in our World, I would not have known about its Propensity taking place in Our Lives. As Broadcast News has shown its Viewers/Listeners and vast Audiences since September 11TH of 2001, “The Age of Innocence” is gone, forever and completely. As a 65-year-old Female living in a Big City, Chicago, the Third Largest Marketplace (being both metropolitan and cosmopolitan in nature and stance), I have seen, heard and experienced “Things” (defined below) that are and/or border on “The Horrific.”
However, nothing could be “more horrific” than losing a “Loved One” to Suicide. And, for that Reason, thanks to The Writers of:
WISDOM OF THE CROWD
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6522758/
http://www.cbs.com/shows/wisdom-of-the-crowd/
who shed light on this critical Social Issue, I’ve set-up Blog #1250 order to be able to list those Organizations manned by concerned and highly trained Personnel who can lend a Hand to People (many like us) who have to find “The Help” they need before they (attempt to) end their Lives far too soon.
As you know, those Individuals are comprised of our Brothers & Sisters, Cousins, Nephews & Nieces. Our Neighbors. Friends. Friends-of-Friends. People We work with. People that We see every Day. People that We admire from afar. After WOTC: Wisdom Of The Crowd (CBS Anti-Crime TV Show scheduled for Sunday(s) after 60 Minutes and Football) aired and planted that Seed, I did google Research that revealed that The Numbers were higher than I previously thought.
Four (4) Sets of Data revealed that:
Every day, approximately 105 Americans die by suicide. (CDC) ... The highest suicide rates in the US are among Whites, American Indians and Alaska Natives.
The annual age-adjusted suicide rate is 13.26 per 100,000 individuals. Men die by suicide 3.5x more often than women. On average, there are 121 suicides per day. White males accounted for 7 of 10 suicides in 2015.
In 2014: Among females, the suicide rate was highest for those aged 45-64 (9.8 per 100,000). Among males, the suicide rate was highest for those aged 75 and over (38.8 per 100,000).
For help with suicide prevention and its statistics, visit Mental Health America.
Most startling were Articles entitled:
Since this Century acts as The Info Age and The Age of The List, then, I set to work on an Initial Roster of Twitter Suicide Prevention Organizations that runs as:
@AFSP_Iowa
@AgainstSuicide
@CASuicide
@CSYPPC
@grassroots SP
@HopeForTheDay
@IFUCARESHARE
@MentalHealth
@MentalHealthAM
@MindCharity
@ProjectBuddy
@Rethink_
@SAVEvoicesofedu
@SuicidePrevAU
@suicideresearch
@TrevorProject
that may be able to put you in contact with a Professional Organization that can help you, a loved one or associate if and when that time comes.
In these Troubled Times when Firearms can be gotten from a Preteen Thug on a Street Corner, Suicide takes on an altogether different Face or Stance than its Origins. Those highlighted the fast and sometimes painless Death of a Troubled Person, if an Overdose of Pills were swallowed. Enter:
Alexander McQueen.
Don Cornelius.
Ernest Hemingway.
Kurt Cobain.
Robin Williams.
Today, with Terrorism, Suicide Bombers [as well as Troubled Individuals] will take-out a brick-and-mortar Nightclub/Church/School and then proceed to kill himself. This, too, adds to The Suffering of those maimed/killed as well as The Family of The Killer...never to be “The Same” again. The New Normal is not a pretty one.
LIFE EXPECTANCY: Therefore, I am not a consummate Professional in this Mental Health Field, but strongly feel Common Sense tells me that if that if you see, hear, read-online or instinctively sense something strange or out-of-the-ordinary, STOP what you are doing and say something. Immediately! Make that call ASAP. All it takes is a few seconds and your prolonging and “Saving a Life,” a Precious Life that means something to somebody. That’s something We can all do and should. Now, that’s something We can all live with…
The Premise of this Blog/Page, of course, is to keep Conversation going and keep everyone engaged as that’s the underlying Theme of WOTC.
Furthermore, by being deemed as:
“America’s Premier Eventologist”
By Gene Koprowski of Insight Magazine
Washington, DC – September of 1997
and
“The Premier Eventologist in The History of The World”
By Eric Zorn of The Chicago Tribune
Chicago, IL - January of 2001
since July 25, 1990 at 9:45 PM, I have declared that:
2018
be proclaimed as:
SPY: Suicide Prevention Year ©2017
Thereby implanting yet another Seed (as WOTC did) so that more Precious Lives are saved and People grow stronger instead of fall(ing) Victim to an Event (often only seconds long) that forced them to do “The Unthinkable.”
For those of you so moved to do so, the following Phrase is a TWEET you can send to your FAN-Base: Friends/Associates/Network thus spreading The Worthiness of this direly needed Year-Long Event (known as a Holidate in my Realm known as Eventology):
#ASK_Chgo: When Time’s ripe 2 SPY: #Suicide_Prevention_Year. 2018 Launch. A People-to-People Alert. Inspired by: Wisdom of The Crowd. tinyurl.com/y8zfpskl
tinyurl.com/y8zfpskl refers to this Blog that will be constantly updated from now & throughout 2018 now deemed as:
SPY: Suicide Prevention Year.
IF a Company or Individual wants to sponsor this Blog & My Writings, I'm open for Discussions.
IN RETRO: The I Spy TV Series running from 1965-1968 would appreciate The Word Play here; but, of course, The Message is much deeper when it comes to "The Internet" that can be used to save a Life in a matter of Nano-Seconds. Thus, The Popularity of WOTC (who captured this Theme) will in The Years ahead be responsible for doing just that. That indeed is a Badge of Honor to wear proudly.
CONTACT INFO: To contribute or comment on (any of) this, please feel free to contact me directly at The Social Media Locales below. I’m usually on Twitter when not out playing with my Cali, My Calico Cat or hanging with The BOB-Beau.
ASK: ADRiENNE SiOUX KOOPERSMiTH
3i’s: implant. involve. influence.
Screenwriter – Author – Eventologist – Promoter – Video Actor
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Definition of: “Things” (Paragraph #1 – Last Line):
Bouts of Domestic Violence, Battery, Assault, Robberies, Muggings, Break-Ins
SOURCES:
https://afsp.org/about-suicide/suicide-statistics/
Advanced Google Searches: Suicide Statistics
UPDATES: Sunday, November 12, 2017 - 6:01 PM CST
If you or someone you know is
experiencing depression or suicidal thoughts, help is available: http://www.afsp.org
#ASK_Chicago:
Sharing. #Suicide is much more prevalent
than you think...
#OFF_THE_CUFF:
Consider #Terrorist #SuicideBombers who blow themselves up. They R programmed
in a way Westerners do not understand.
There4 they R another #Demographic that practices Suicide, needing help.
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#ASK_Chicago:
#September_12_2018
Those Seventeen (17) Years have
quickly passed. The 911 Terrorist Event on September 11, 2001 on the United
States of Americas has been described as a #Suicide_Attack. Since that dreadful
Day, a skyrocketing Rise in Suicides have swept The USA in Numbers that grew
greater every year, crossing Multiples of Sociologic Disciplines, including all
Peoples (Ethnic & Religious Group) and every Age Bracket (from Grade
Schoolers to Seniors). No one [it seemed] was immune. Even The Rich, Famous
& Powerful (unduly in a League in their own) suffered at their own Hands. Realizing
this Increase in Human Loss & Productivity should be addressed moreso
because it involved Mental & Physical Factors oft-times not realized, I
launched
SPY: #Suicide_Prevention_Year
on November 7, 2017 for the
Entirety of 2018. Although The Numbers continue to build and swell, the
Headline News and Number of Sources/Resources helping those troubled have
substantially expanded so that this #Holidate will continue into Posterity. I’m hoping it will close down altogether.
SPY’s GOAL:
To alert and shed light on Suicide, year-in and year-out. 2019, then will be noted as #SPY: SuicidePreventionYear
#2 as Suicide is still at Epidemic Levels. If you see, hear, read or feel
something is not exactly right with someone you know and hold dear, do
something. That single solitary Act could very well be The Move that saves his/her
Precious Life.
My BLOG here contains a concise List of similar
Preventive Groups: tinyurl.com/y8zfpskl
Dedicated to my Two Childhood Friends
Jim Vincent
& David Stockhus
who died at their own Hands in 1972 & 2017,
respectively. You’ll never be forgotten, Guys.
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UPDATE DATELINE: Monday, September 16, 2019 - 9:04 AM CST
While watching CBS This Morning with Gayle King, Anthony Mason & Tony Dokoupil, one of their Special Guests today was Marie Osmond who lost a Child to Suicide. It's a Pain that never goes away. Whether that Loss is via a Child, Parent, Partner or Friend as We know. She announced that The Hotline #988 is being considered instead of its present-day, long 10 Digit Number.
BUT, my Question is: Who would know or remember that Figure?
I prefer either:
111 or 000
111 would subliminally implant 'The Seed' that the Person (thinking of committing Suicide) is #1.
000 is just easier to remember.
Via this Post, I'm hoping my Choices will be considered instead of 988.
Checkout my May 3, 2018 - 6:45 AM CST
WGN Morning News TV Interview when I chatted with
Larry Potash & Robin Baumgarten about the Importance of Ordinary People doing what they can do (ie: via my Particular Story)
with this Subject Matter that breaks all Hearts across the Board
via the Formation of SPY: Suicide Prevention Years, a year-round #HOLIDATE at:
tinyurl.com/ycc8ulmq
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