Suicide prevention speaker and mental health speaker, AnneMoss Roger will be speaking to TruckStop.com employees.
The Emotionally Naked® Truth About Suicide: Raising Awareness in the Workplace
Quick outline:
- Anne Moss’s Story
- What depression looks like
- About Suicide, signs and what to do/say
- Resources for those who struggle and for the families who love them
Description: After trying to find help for her once joyful son, including wilderness therapy and therapeutic boarding school, AnneMoss’s son Charles succumbed to a heroin addiction while struggling with depression and died by suicide in 2015.
Eighty percent of those who die by suicide are of working age, so the workplace is an ideal place for creating a system for prevention and intervention. If your workforce includes parents, it’s likely many of them have children who are struggling, and they are seeking answers and resources. This presentation dispels common myths about suicide and substance misuse while delivering a message of hope, and empowering regular humans with the skills to help prevent this threat to life.
Takeaways:
- The many faces of depression and despair
- How to recognize the cryptic ways people cry for help
- How to respond, what to say/do (includes talking points)
- Creating a suicide-safe environment (aka. means safety)
- Life events that can increase suicide risk
Themes include mental illness, addiction/substance misuse, coping skills, hope, and healing. AnneMoss follows safe messaging reporting guidelines on suicide.