In this second of a two-part series on suicide, we will move from a discussion on the suicidal individual and ways to seek help for them to those who have survived the suicide of a loved one. Dr. Amy Canuso, a Psychiatrist at St. Anthony Regional Hospital, says she cannot stress to those individuals enough, this is not their fault.
Suicide, she says, is often like someone drowning and you throw them a rope…but they don’t take it. Because they don’t take a hold of that lifeline and access a mechanism of survival, it is not your fault. You did not make that choice. And as is the case in many circumstances, if you didn’t even know a person was drowning, you never had the opportunity to throw that rope. Understanding this is extremely difficult for anyone, but especially for children.
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Show Transcript JESSICA: YES, MIKE. WHAT DOES EVERYONE DO WHILE BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER THE SUPER BOWL? EAT. THAT STILL LOOKS TO BE THE CASE THIS EVENING, BUT IT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT. BOTH ANNULA’S PIZZA AND BILLYS SPORTS BAR AND GRILL IN MANCHESTER SAY THE TAKEOUT ORDERS HAVE BEEN COMING IN STRONG FOR THE LAST TWO DAYS. ANNULA’S DOESNT LET ANYONE INSIDE. YOU HAVE TO PICK UP FOOD AT A TAKEOUT WINDO AND BILLY’S DOES HAVE FEWER TABLES AND LOWER BAR CAPACITY BECAUSE OF COVID-19 PROTOCOLS. BUT BOTH PLACES SAY THEY’RE STAYING BUSY. IT’S EVERYTHING FOR US. OUR CUSTOMERS IN MANCHESTER MEAN EVERYTHING TO US. WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THEM SOMETHING TO TAKE THEIR MIND OFF THE PANDEMIC.
It’s Christmas Eve and she’s tired. She s been tired for the majority of the year.
Like most healthcare workers, she puts in long hours and long days. Days turn into nights, then back into days again. Time becomes irrelevant because it seems like she is always at the hospital.
Christmas for many healthcare workers looks like reheated leftovers, videos of gifts being opened, It’s a Wonderful Life on a muted TV and maybe, if they’re lucky, a tree.
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Still, she comes to work. She does her job. And, in many cases, her job is saving lives. This job, especially lately, would break most people. But for this nurse, we’ll call her Vivian, it’s more than a job – it’s a calling.