We're a lot like coke bottles...when you shake up a two liter bottle of coke, what happens?  The inside gets pressurized, the outside becomes rigid, less flexible.  Then we pop the cap and the explosion happens, right?

Well when we don't talk about the things we're dealing with internally, we do the same thing.  We build up pressure on the inside.  We become toxic, rigid, negative on the outside.  Then something triggers us and the explosion occurs.  That can look like verbal abuse on ourselves or others, physical abuse on ourselves or others, child abuse, domestic abuse, addiction, rage, murder, or suicide.

But what happens when you pour a little out of the coke bottle at a time, then try to shake it?  Eventually, you get a little hiss or nothing at all.

Same thing when we talk about things.  We pour a little of ourselves out at a time and eventually we don't get triggered.  Eventually, we are no longer suicidal.

In this episode, there are a few ways to truly combat suicide.