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Someone I once loved gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this, too, was a gift.

―Mary Oliver

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Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.

―J.K. Rowling

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Courage isn’t having the strength to go on. It is going on when you don’t have the strength.

―Napoleon Bonaparte

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When you have exhausted all possibilites, remember this: you haven’t.

―Thomas Edison

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If you’re going through hell, keep going.

―Winston Churchill

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How beautiful,
these things you do,
in case they help,
these things you do
that,
although you haven’t said it yet,
say that you want to live.

—Victoria Adukwei Bulley

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I know the darkness pulls on you,
but it's just a point of view.

—Brandi Carlile

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And nothing lasts forever,
even cold November rain

—Guns N’ Roses

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In the depth of winter,
I finally learned that within me
there lay an invincible summer.

—Albert Camus

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The path is the goal.

—Chögyam Trungpa

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Poem: There You Are

Safety plan

Suicidal ideation scale

Reasons for living inventory

Speaking of suicide

You have permission to be miserable

Mental health maintenance plan

Now matters now

Living with suicidal ideation

The small bow

Live through this

When suicidal thoughts do not go away

If you are suicidal, envision your future selves

What stops you from killing yourself?

Alternatives to self-harm

When therapists struggle with suicidality

A matter of laugh or death

Poem: Resumé

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