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How to help a loved one talking about suicide

Here are a few steps you can take to save a life [Courtesy]

Mental health problems can sneak in slowly and gradually get worse without you noticing. With time the pressures and burdens can push you to the point where you need to seek therapy or medication and in some cases, suicide becomes an option, unfortunately.

There are many people who have lost their family members and friends to suicide. Once it happens, you start seeing some warning signs that you could have spotted and some of these situations could have been avoided with more awareness of what suicide warning signs look like.

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