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RECOURCES :

USA

HOTLINE & HELPLINE INFORMATION
24-hour Hotlines

National Hopeline Network 1-800-784-2433 (1-800-SUICIDE) http://www.hopeline.com/

National Suicide Prevention Helpline 1-800-273-8255 (1-800-273-TALK)
Helplines & Resources

Includes many local 24-hour hotlines along with support for suicide survivors, suicide prevention and suicide statistics

American Association of Suicidology http://www.suicidology.org/

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention http://www.afsp.org/

Befrienders International with The Samaritans:

Search for support worldwide at http://www.befrienders.org/

Search resources in the United States at http://www.befrienders.org/helplines/helplines.asp?c2=USA

Families for Depression Awareness http://www.familyaware.org/

Prevent Suicide Now http://www.preventsuicidenow.com/

Psycom.net

Suicide prevention resources, worldwide hotline links http://www.psycom.net/depression.central.suicide.html

Suicide Hotline Listing by State http://www.suicidehotlines.com/

Suicide Prevention Action Network USA http://www.spanusa.org/

UCLA School Mental Health Project:

Hotlines for suicide prevention and other crisis resources smhp.psych.ucla.edu/hotline.htm

ULifeLine College network http://www.ulifeline.org/

CANADA

Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention (CASP/ACPS)
Web: http://www.suicideprevention.ca
Email: casp@suicideprevention.ca (not a crisis address)
Phone: 1-780-482-0198 (not a crisis hotline)

CASP is a national association of professionals and volunteers who saw the need to provide information and resources to communities to reduce the suicide rate and minimize the harmful consequences of suicidal behavior.

OTHER HOTLINE NUMBERS:

State : ONTARIO
Distress Centres Ontario
Ontario
Helpline 1: +519 416 486 2242 (Admin)
Website: http://www.dcontario.org

Chimo Helpline
PO Box 1033
NB E3B 5C2
FREDERICTON
Contact by: – Phone
Helpline 1: Fredericton Area: 450-HELP (4357)
Helpline 2: Toll free provincial helpline: 1-800-667-5005
Website: http://www.chimohelpline.ca/
24 Hour service:

State : ALBERTA
Distress Line of Southwestern Alberta (Canada)
426 – 6th Street South
T1J 2C9
Lethbridge
Alberta
Contact by: – Phone
Helpline 1: Toll free: 1-888-787-2880
Helpline 2: 327-7905
24 Hour service:

State : BRITISH COLUMBIA
Crisis Centre
Vancouver
British Columbia
Contact by: – Phone
Helpline 1: 604-872-3311 (Greater Vancouver)
Helpline 2: 18666613311 (Toll free-Howe Sound/Sunshine Coast)
Helpline 3: 1-866-872-0113 (TTY)
Helpline 4: 1-800-SUICIDE (784-2433) (BC-wide)
Website: http://www.crisiscentre.bc.ca
24 Hour service:

State : ONTARIO
(DCO) Distress Centre Oakville
Ontario
Helpline 1: +1 (905) 849 4541
Website: http://www.distresscentreoakville.com/

(DCO) Telecare Distress Centre Brampton
Ontario
Helpline 1: +1 (905) 459 7777
Website: http://www.telecarebrampton.org

(DCO) Distress Centre Lanark, Leeds & Grenville
Ontario
Helpline 1: 1 800 465 4442
Website: http://www.developmentalservices.com

(DCO) Distress Centre Durham
Ontario
Helpline 1: +1 (905) 433-1121
Helpline 2: 1 800 452 0688
Website: http://www.distresscentredurham.com

(DCO) Distress Line Grey Bruce County
Ontario
Helpline 1: 1-877-470-5200
Website: http://www.dcontario.org

(DCO) Telephone Aid Line Kingston
Ontario
Helpline 1: +1 (613) 544 1771
Website: members.kingston.net/talk

(DCO) Distress Centre London & District
Ontario
Helpline 1: +1 (519) 667-6711
Helpline 2: Seniors Helpline (SHL): 519-667-6600
Website: http://www.londondistresscentre.com

(DCO) North Halton Distress Centre
Ontario
Helpline 1: +1 (905) 877-1211
Website: search.hipinfo.info/details.asp?RSN=10280

(DCO) Distress Centre Ottawa & Region
Ontario
Helpline 1: Distress Line: +1 (613) 238 3311
Helpline 2: Crisis Line: +1 (613) 722-6914 or +1(866)996-0991
Website: http://www.dcottawa.on.ca

(DCO) Tel-Aide Outaouais
Ontario
Helpline 1: +1 (613) 741 6433
Helpline 2: 1 800 567 9699
Website: http://www.tel-aide-outaouais.org
Email Helpline: plume@tel-aide-outaouais.org

(DCO) Distress Centre Peel
Ontario
Helpline 1: Distress Line: +1 (905) 278 7208
Helpline 2: Mobile Crisis Line: 905-278-9036
Helpline 3: Mobile Crisis Line:+1 (800) 363-0971
Website: http://www.distresscentrepeel.com

(DCO) Distress Centre Sarnia-Lambton
Ontario
Helpline 1: +1 (519) 336 3000
Helpline 2: + 1(888) 347-8737
Website: http://www.familycounsellingctr.com

(DCT) Distress Centres of Toronto
Ontario
Helpline 1: +1 (416) 408 4357
Website: http://www.torontodistresscentre.com

(DCO) Distress Centre Waterloo Region
Ontario
Helpline 1: +1 (519) 745 1166
Website: http://www.cmhawrb.on.ca/distress.htm

(DCO) Distress Centre Wellington/Dufferin
Ontario
Helpline 1: +1 (519) 821 3760
Helpline 2: Toll free: +1 (888) 821-3760
Helpline 3: Crisis Line: +1 (519) 821-0140
Website: http://www.dc-wd.org
24 Hour service:

(DCO) Distress Centre Windsor/Essex
Ontario
Contact by: – Phone
Helpline 1: +1 (519) 256-5000
Website: http://www.dcwindsor.com
Opening hours:
Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun: 12:00 – 23:00

(DCO) Distress Centre Niagara
Ontario
Helpline 1: +1 (905) 688 3711
Helpline 2: 905 734 1212/905 382 0689
Website: http://www.distresscentreniagara.com

State : QUEBEC
Suicide Action Montreal
2345 est. rue Belanger
H2G 1C9
MONTREAL
Quebec
Helpline 1: (514) 723 4000
Website: http://www.suicideactionmontreal.qc.ca

UK

• MDF: the bipolar organisation
  A charity helping people living with manic depression or bipolar disorder.
  Website: http://www.mdf.org.uk

*Samaritans
Confidential support for people experiencing feelings of distress or despair.
Phone: 08457 90 90 90 (24-hour helpline)
Website: http://www.samaritans.org.uk

• The Mental Health Foundation
  Provides information and support for everyone with mental health problems or learning disabilities.
  Website: http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk

Depression, anxiety, obsession and mental health

• Mind
  Phone: 0845 766 0163
  Website: http://www.mind.org.uk
• Sane
  Phone: 0845 767 8000
  Website: http://www.sane.org.uk
• Rethink
  Support and advice for people living with mental illness.
  Phone: 0845 456 0455
  Website: http://www.rethink.org
• Depression Alliance
  Charity for sufferers of depression. Has a network of self-help groups.
  Phone: 0845 123 2320
  Website: http://www.depressionalliance.org
• CALM
  CALM is The Campaign against Living Miserably, for men aged 15-35.
  Website: http://www.thecalmzone.net
• MDF: the bipolar organisation
  A charity helping people living with manic depression or bipolar disorder.
  Website: http://www.mdf.org.uk

Obsessions

• OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) Action
  Support for people with obsessive compulsive disorder. Includes information on treatment and online resources.
  Phone: 0845 390 6232
  Website: http://www.ocdaction.org.uk
• OCD UK
  Charity website run by obsessive compulsives. Includes facts, news and treatments.
  Website: http://www.ocduk.org

Panic and anxiety

• Panic attacks
  Website offering free online course for people who suffer from panic attacks.
  Phone: 01273 776 770 (to enrol only)
  Website: http://www.panic-attacks.co.uk
• No Panic
  Voluntary charity offering support for sufferers of panic attacks and OCD. Offers a course to help overcome your phobia/OCD. Includes a helpline.
  Phone: 0808 808 0545
  Website: http://www.nopanic.org.uk
• No more panic
  Information for sufferers and carers of people with panic, anxiety or phobias (OCD). Has a discussion forum.
  Website: http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk

Drop Down Nav
Version 2.1.0 Release
This will allow for you to add drop down menu’s to you navigation menu.

INSTRUCTIONS

This is the instructions for the “Drop Down Menu Settings” field on the “Settings” tab.

Each new link in the drop down menu needs to be on its own line. This is an example of a new link without a sub-drop down menu on it.

NAME|URL|TARGET

NAME is the text of the link that is shown. URL is the url to the page you want the link to go to. Target needs to be either _blank (opens link in new tab) or _self(opens link in current tab).

Now if you want a sub-drop down menu then the format is this:

NAME|URL|TARGET|{SUB-LINK NAME,SUB-LINK URL,SUB-LINK TARGET}

NAME is the text of the link that is shown. URL is the url to the page you want the link to go to. Target needs to be either _blank (opens link in new tab) or _self(opens link in current tab). SUB-LINK NAME is the text of the link that is shown. SUB-LINK URL is the url to the page you want the link to go to. SUB-LINK TARGET needs to be either _blank (opens link in new tab) or _self(opens link in current tab).

Add as many or as little {SUB-LINK NAME,SUB-LINK URL,SUB-LINK TARGET} that you want.

The instructions for this plugin state: 
“Each new link in the drop down menu needs to be on its own line. This is an example of a new link without a sub-drop down menu on it.

NAME|URL|TARGET”
This format is quite literal and has 3 parts, the Name, the URL and Target. Each needs to be separated by the “|” pipe character as shown in the example above. The URL should include the “http://” as well.  So in your case it would be:
Mental Health & Wellness Blog|http://www.bipolar4lifesupportblog.co|_blank

GUEST BOX CODES
View Guesbook URL: http://www.guestcity.com/cgi-bin/view.fcgi?book=jan4jam
Sign Guesbook URL: http://www.guestcity.com/cgi-bin/sign.fcgi?book=jan4jam

If you or someone you know needs immediate help in the U.S., call the line for hope to talk to someone live in your local area. They can listen to you and direct you to local resources if further assistance is needed. If someone has talked to you about suicide, and you believe they are currently a threat to themselves or someone else but won’t take your help, call 911!

1- (800)273-8255 …..1-800-273-TALK National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

1-(877)838-2838 …..1-877-Vet2Vet Veterans Peer Support Line

1-(800)784-2432 …..1-800-SUICIDA Spanish Speaking Suicide Hotline

1-(877)968-8454 …..1-877-YOUTHLINE Teen to Teen Peer Counseling Hotline

1-(800)472-3457 …..1-800-GRADHLP Grad Student Hotline

1-(800)773-6667 …..1-800-PPD-MOMS Post Partum Depression Hotline

1800 – 55 – 1800…. KIDS – HELP LINE

If you are patient in one moment of anger. You will escape a hundred days of sorrow. 
 
The only person you should try to be better than
Is the person you were yesterday. 
 
Find the person who makes you realize three things
One, that home is not a place but a feeling
Two that time is not measured by a clock but by moments
And three that heartbeats are not heard but felt and shared
 
If you follow the crowd you usually get lost in it. 
 
The more clear you know exactly what you want 
The more you know how to get there . 
 
I’m stronger because I had to be. 
I’m smarter because of my mistakes. 
I’m happier because I’ve overcome the sadness I have known. 
And I’m wiser because I’ve learned from life. 
 
If you want to fly you have to give up the things that way you down. 
 
Every struggle you have known has shaped and made you
The person you are
Be thankful you are stronger today. 
 
Some people think to be strong
Is to never feel pain
In reality it’s the strongest people who feel it
Understand it and accept it. 
 
Be yourself don’t change who you are. 
You’ve got to lead that this is who you are. 
If they like you they will stick with you. 
However get to know yourself first. 
 
You have to learn to say no. 
Without feeling guilty.
Setting boundaries is healthy. 
You need to learn to respect and take care of yourself. 
 
I admire those who have every right to despair
And be angry
But instead find reasons to laugh to love. 
Those who have the courage to share their light 
Despite being in the shadow of sadness. 
 
Be with someone who makes you feel better. 
 
A persons actions will tell you everything you need to know. 
 
Nothing to know
So much to see. 
 
It’s your life.
If you want to succeed. 
You have to take things into your own hands. 
You have to make things happen. 
 
Always help someone you might be the only one who does. 
 
If you care about someone let them know. 
Tell them how much they mean to you and why. 
You never know when they’re going to be out of your life. 
 
People wait all their life for happiness. 
 
People will want you to believe a certain way
To make a certain choice
Because it reinforces the way they see the world. 
But you have to do what’s right for you. 
 
Fall in love with yourself. 
 
If they can’t see the value of you. 
It’s time for a new start. 
 
Why can’t everyone be painfully honest. 
And just save people the trouble. 
 
What do you do when words are not enough to explain the hurt inside. 
 
Time decides who you meet in your life. 
Your heart decides who you want in your life. 
Your behavior decides who stays in your life. 
 
When you talk you often repeat what you know. 
When you listen you often learn what you don’t know. 
The most memorable people in your life will be the ones 
Who loved you when you weren’t lovable. 
 
Don’t let people pull you into your storms. 
Pull them into your peace. 
 
Money does t buy happiness. 
 
Happiness is acceptance. 
 
Good things come to those who wait.  
Better things come to those who go out and get them. 
 
You can do anything but not everything. 
 
Knowledge is being aware of what you can do. 
 
Its not what you look at what matters it’s what you see. 
 
If you love somebody let them go. 
If they return they were always yours. 
If they don’t they never were. 
 
No one is listening until you make a mistake. 
 
Truth fears no questions. 
 
Plan more than you can do. 
Then do it. 
 
If you have a problem you are the problem. 
 
Someday I will learn to stop procrastinating   
But today is not the day. 
 
There are no short cuts to any place worth going. 
 
A closed mind is a good thing to lose. 
 
Judging a person does no define who they are. 
It defines who you are. 
 
Enjoy life there’s plenty of time to be dead. 
 
Never look down at a person unless you are helping them up. 
 
Someday is not a day of the week. 
 
Under all those smiles and laughs is a whole different person. 
 
A dreamer lives for eternity. 
 
A person who aims at nothing is sure to hit it. 
 
Do something today that your future self will thank you for. 
 
Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times. 
 
If you never try you will never know. 
 
It usually takes a long time to find a shorter way. 
 
Love is the best cure for issues with mind in the matters of heart. 
 
Love cures mental depression and mental illnesses. 
 
Never forget to respect yourself for being yourself. 
 
Silence is a great conversation. 
 
If you love what you are doing you will be successful. 
 
The more you know the less you need to show. 
 
The smallest good deed is better than the best intention. 
 
There are no thanks for kindness. 
 
You’re beautiful when you wear a smile. 
 
Love has nothing to do with what you expect to get. 
It’s what you are expected to give. 
 
Happiness is a mental condition. 
 
Behavior is what someone does. 
Not what they think. 
Not what they feel. 
 
Love is for fools wise enough to take a chance. 
 
Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they have. 
 
Love comes to those who still hope even though they’ve been disappointed. 
And to those who still believe even though they’ve been hurt before. 
 
Happiness comes through doors you didn’t even know you left open. 
 
If you don’t stand for something you will fall for anything. 
 
When you turn your attention away happiness comes and sits on your shoulder. 
 
It’s easier to apologize than to ask for permission. 
 
Don’t tell me that worry doesn’t do any good. I know better. 
The things I worry about don’t happen. 
 
Life is a song. 
 
Danger lies within you. 
 
Everything you need is around you. 
 
Peace is a way of life. 
 
Happiness is a mental attitude it comes from appreciating what we do have. 
Instead of being miserable about what we don’t have. 
 
Happiness is given not exchanged. 
 
People may not always tell you how they feel about you. 
But their actions speak for themselves. 
 
Just because you want to become s better version of you doesn’t mean your not amazing already. 
 
Some people are always angry. 
Walk away. 
The battle they are fighting is not really with you. 
It’s with themselves. 
 
How you make others feel about themselves says a lot about you. 
It’s more important to be yourself rather than to try to be someone else’s idea of beauty. 
 
When writing the story about your life. 
Don’t let someone else hold the pen. 
 
Self knowledge has no end. It is an endless river. 
 
It’s hard to accept the truth when the lies are what you wanted to hear. 
 
Don’t let someone who gave up on their dreams talk you out of yours. 
 
If you don’t like where you are move on. 
 
When your past calls don’t answer it has nothing new to say. 
 
Distance means so little when someone means so much. 
 
Boredom is peace that you have rejected. 
 
Don’t force life it has a way of forcing you back. 
 
Take a deep breathe and think before you speak. 
 
I am thankful for the difficult people in my life they have showed me who I don’t wanna be. 
 
It’s no longer about. Taking in information. 
It’s about living with what you already know. 
 
Never forget who was there for you when no one else was. 
 
If something is important to you. 
You will find a way. 
If not you will find a excuse. 
 
It’s not who you are that holds you back. 
It’s who you think your not. 
 
The only relationship you should be in is the one that helps you grow you as s person. 
 
You are never upset for the reason you think. 
 
Confidence comes from not always being right but not fearing to be wrong. 
 
Don’t waste your energy worrying do something constructive with it. 
Life is about choice you can choose to be a victim of anything else you like. 
 
Every day has two handles. We can take hold of it by the handle of anxiety or by the handle of faith. 
 
Bad habits are like a comfortable bed easy to get into but hard to get out of. 
 
If the only prayer you ever say in your life is thank you it will be enough. 
 
Empathy is the ability to communicate to someone your understanding of his thoughts and feelings to help them better understand himself. 
 
Inside myself is a place where I live all alone. 
 
Loving someone is giving them the power to hurt you but the ability to trust them not to. 
 
We can’t control what others say about us but we can control what we choose to believe. 
 
Sometimes you need to be alone to enjoy some free time being yourself. 
 
Sometimes the hardest battle we fight is the battle within. 
 
Just keep living and you will find your happiness. 

The only way to live is to fight our fears and do what comes to us.

Have faith
Give more
Expect less
Be true to you

There is a special place in life,

That needs my humble skill,

A certain job I’m meant to do,

Which no one else can fulfill.

The time will be demanding,

And the pay is not too good

And yet I wouldn’t change it

for a moment — even if I could

There is a special place in life,

A goal I must attain,

A dream that I must follow,

Because I won’t be back again.

There is a mark that I must leave,

However small it seems to be,

A legacy of love for those

Who follow after me

There is a special place in life,

That only I may share,

A little path that bears my name,

Awaiting me somewhere.

There is a hand that I must hold,

A word that I must say,

A smile that I must give

For there are tears to blow away.

There is a special place in life

that I was meant to fill.

A sunny spot where flowers grow,

upon a windy hill.

There’s always a tomorrow and the

best is yet to be,

And somewhere in this world,

I know there is a place for me.

Standing for what you believe in,

Regardless of the odds against you,

and the pressure that tears at your resistance,

…means courage

Keeping a smile on your face,

When inside you feel like dying,

For the sake of supporting others,

…means strength

Stopping at nothing,

And doing what’s in your heart,

You know is right,

…means determination

Doing more than is expected,

To make another’s life a little more bearable,

Without uttering a single complaint,

…means compassion

Helping a friend in need,

No matter the time or effort,

To the best of your ability,

…means loyalty

Giving more than you have,

And expecting nothing

But nothing in return,

…means selflessness

Holding your head high,

And being the best you know you can be

When life seems to fall apart at your feet,

Facing each difficulty with the confidence

That time will bring you better tomorrow’s,

And never giving up,

…means confidence.

What do you do when you
Feel like you can’t quite fall?
Do you try harder to force
Yourself to hang?
Do you push yourself to forget
You were craving the noose?
What’s it like to walk
Into another’s life
Knowing
You’re walking out alone?
Can you hear the hearts
You break?
Do you even know you’re
Breaking them?
Have you ever tasted
The sharp tinge of
Bitter sweet agony
That comes from knowing
When you’re the wrong
Missing piece?
Do you ignore it?
Do you try
To make yourself fit
Anyway?
Am I in to deep?
Should I take the leap,
Or
Fall back into
Someone else’s place?

A lonely fire burns slowly, steadily

No fuel does feed the scalding flame

Yet burn it does, a remarkable thing

Without either food nor pay

The fire resides in each of us

Some are engulfed by its heat

Fed so much, it grows in size
Until everyone feels its fever
 

Others have a glowing ember

Not burning as of yet

But all it takes is a crucial moment

For ignition to begin

Mine is lonely, unassuming

Starving yet no hunger showing

In desperate need of fuel and care

Yet burning still

Showing no signs of stopping

The fire is my love.

Beauty is an illusion,

To feed one’s mind off of other’s impressions,

To generalize humanity under a mask of deception,

To pollute nature with lies of acceptance,

Don’t fear yourself nor everything around you,

See it, embrace it and live it as it was gifted to you,

And once the superficial layer of change has past and your subconscious is no longer afraid,

Only then will joy flood your mind,

And you will be truly beautiful.

Time. It’s an interesting thing.

Too much of it is bad, but so is too little.

We seem to always be running out of time, it sees us and flees, a shadow in the night.

Time. The most precious thing in the world.

Used up and tossed away like a joke told one too many times.

It always seems to catch up to us, time.

We run and hide like children, scared of the dark, scared of what will come next, scared of running out of time.

Time. You can’t avoid it.

But really, what is time?
A human creation to explain the world around us.
To make us feel like there is a point.
Time. Only an idea.
A place with a blue and yellow sky, with mountains that glisten orange in the light.

A place where clocks melt, a place with no time.
A bending of the rules.
Time. Such an important thing.

The biggest human fear.

Running out of time.

You start to feel comfortable, like you’ve escaped time,

When suddenly,

You

Run

Out.

if i were to stay another hour

would i look up high from a tower
dream of adventures waiting for me
right across the big blue sea
thoughts of a brilliant love
the wings of a dove
wanting to explore a lot more

wondering through every door

looking everywhere i can see

is this really me
or who i pretend to be