Two years ago today I received a phone call that changed my life forever. "Today was going to be the day.. but I couldn't do it. " January 2013 I almost lost my sweet husband to suicide.
Not one person, myself included, knew this was coming. Nobody knew of the despair and debilitating pain Cole was experiencing. After a very extensive in depth psychological test, Cole was diagnosed with severe depression, severe anxiety, and suicidal ideation. We were also told that if Cole didn't use his resources (family, close friends, AA meetings, counseling and doing things he is passionate about) that his chances of suicide were VERY likely.
Discouraged and hopeless would have been an understatement. So fast forward two years and our family is "healthier" than ever. Cole is an amazing dad, a caring husband, kicks @ss at his job and tries daily to help others. Not to mention he is able to do all of this without the need to take a single medication.
So going from hopeless to finding and spreading hope is completely possible.
We are not sharing our story for sympathy, support or understanding. We are sharing because we know that we all have our individual struggles and not many people talk about them because they are afraid they are alone. They are afraid of judgment, afraid others will look at them differently. Sometimes our pride tells us we don't need anyone's help and that we can get through it alone. Nobody's life is perfect or without trials. So yours might be a physical ailment, cancer, loss of a child/loved one, divorce, emotional or mental struggles but please don't suffer in silence, reach out to someone! Find someone that has had similar struggles in their lives and support one another. Silence keeps us stuck in the problem, communication opens the door to the answer.
I truly believe that we don't go through painful events for no reason. We are given these opportunities in life to learn and grow and ideally to then help others.
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