E23 Raise a Cuppa to the Ones Who Reached Out

The subject of this episode is one that has touched your hosts Aratrice and Fae and people that we have cared about. Death by suicide brings complicated feelings and questions that loved ones are left to cope with in the void that is the aftermath. We’re going to talk about how individuals can help a loved one who is suicidal later in the episode, but first we wanted to be clear that this is a very serious subject which has historically been dealt with as a taboo and is only recently being more responsibly reported, with, for example, the terminology surrounding suicide shifting from “committed suicide” to “died by suicide” to reduce associations with crime. So instead of giving you a bunch of depressing facts about suicide or covering it in a historical context—which, if you’re new to the show, that’s kinda Aratrice's jam normally—instead we’re going to use this episode to tell you about some amazing suicide preventers who are really fantastic, everyday people who made a difference by caring enough to intervene.https://deathpartypodcast.wixsite.com/listen/show-notes