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Seeking Help in Times of Crisis: Suicide 

Our compilation of comprehensive resources will offer you guidance, support, and hope. You do not have to face this alone. 

Helping Yourself

Recovery after trauma doesn’t mean forgetting your experience or feeling no emotional pain when remembering it. Recovery means becoming less distressed and having more confidence in your ability to cope, as time goes on.

Helping Friend or Family Member

After someone has been through a traumatic experience, re-establishing a normal routine can help to restore a sense of order and control in their life.

Before I Blame Myself and Feel Guilty

​Survivors of trauma often feel inappropriate guilt or shame about things they did or did not do. Before you blame yourself for what happened to you read about the thinking errors that victims of trauma commonly make.

5 Minute Stress Relief Exercise

A five minute exercise can sometimes be all you need to slow your breathing, heart rate and reduce feelings of overwhelm. This exercise helps you engage with your senses and bring a sense of calm to your day.

Fight, Flight or Freeze Response

Commonly, when faced with danger or threat, our body reacts with an automatic mechanism, which prepares us for survival. All of our bodily reactions are enabling you to protect yourself in differing ways, but sometimes this feels very uncomfortable.

Worker Support After a Trauma Event

Mend Services provides workers with a confidential support service to assist workers to manage their well-being after a traumatic event. The service is designed to help with work and personal issues that may impact a worker after a traumatic incident.

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