How I Stayed Alive When My Brain Was Trying to Kill Me

One Person's Guide to Suicide Prevention

By: Susan Rose Blauner, Bernie S. Siegel MD - foreword

Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert

"I continued to romanticize my death by suicide: who would find me; what I'd look like. I spent hundreds of hours planning my funeral, imagining the remorse of my family and friends. I wrote good-bye letters, composed wills, and disrupted the lives of everyone close to me. Then reality hit."—Susan Rose Blauner

The statistics on suicide are staggering. The World Health Organization estimates that nearly 800,000 people die by suicide every year, which is one person every forty seconds, and for each completed suicide there may be twenty or more attempts.

In How I Stayed Alive When My Brain Was Trying to Kill Me, Susan Blauner is the perfect emissary for a message of hope and a program of action for these millions of people. A survivor of multiple suicide attempts, she explains the complex feelings and fantasies that surround suicidal thoughts. In a direct, nonjudgmental, and loving voice, she offers affirmations and suggestions for those experiencing life-ending thoughts, and for their friends and family.

©2002 Susan Rose Blauner; Foreword copyright 2002 by Bernard S. Siegel (P)2022 Tantor

Cheesy

This book is cheesy with religious overtones that we’re not anticipated by the blurb on Amazon.

got me through the hardest time

When I was at my lowest low I found this book. I'm so thankful I did. Finally someone that thought like I did! these coping skills taught in this book will keep me going.

Awful panicky book

I do not recommend this book. The author’s narrative is panic ridden and I fear will trigger more harm than good.