Sep 27, 2023 | Mental Health Articles
By Emalee Gillis, NAMI Spokane Blog Editor. In Spokane County in 2020, males died by suicide at 5 times the rate of females according to statistics from the Spokane Regional Health District. In 2020, the crude suicide rate among males of all ages in Spokane County was...Sep 21, 2023 | Mental Health Articles
By Marielys Camacho-Reyes. As I sit here, reflecting on the last few years of my life, I can’t help but think of the day I received the news that my good friend had taken his own life. It was a day that changed my life forever, and one that I will never forget....Sep 13, 2023 | Mental Health Articles
By Emalee Gillis, NAMI Spokane Blog Editor. FailSafe for Life is a local nonprofit in Spokane that provides subsidized workshops to community members and the helper professions to prevent suicide. According to Sabrina Votava, the founder and Executive Director of...Jan 19, 2023 | Mental Health Articles
It started in fifth grade: the thoughts and feelings of wanting to die, to disappear. It took me decades to learn how to manage it, and I’m still learning every day. I say manage because that’s what I do: manage. It isn’t just going away for me. In my late teens, I...