PROTECT | Values Guided Suicide Prevention

67 | Frayed Beginnings: The Worn FABRIC


Listen Later

Would love to hear your thoughts...

Predisposition and the Invisible Unravelling

Where suicide risk begins — quietly, invisibly. This episode explores the earliest, often overlooked signs of emotional unraveling through the metaphor of FABRIC: Fragile sense of self, Alienation, Burdensomeness, Repetitive rumination, Inescapable circumstances, and Curtain of despair.

Before there are plans, before there are words, there are feelings — of being hollow, disconnected, stuck, or unseen. These are not yet cries for death, but whispers of disconnection from life.

Through Ari’s story and clinical reflection, we learn how to recognise these early warning threads and respond with presence, not panic. We explore how careful, curious questions can help surface what hurts — and what still matters.

This is where prevention begins: not in fixing, but in noticing.

Connect with Assoc Prof Manaan Kar Ray on Linkedin
Follow us on www.progress.guide

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

PROTECT | Values Guided Suicide PreventionBy Manaan Kar Ray