Name: We need to stop saying “committed suicide.” That’s how we change the narrative #mentalhealth #shorts
Uploaded: 2025-07-03T13:12:00.000Z
Duration: 11
Description: She doesn’t know it yet, but this would be the only photo she’d ever have with her father, just the two of them... Because the following summer, he would take...

She doesn’t know it yet, but this would be the only photo she’d ever have with her father, just the two of them...

Because the following summer, he would take his own life. And for decades after, no one would speak the truth about what really happened.

That little girl is me.

And my father’s suicide changed everything.

This week on The Survivors Podcast, we talk about the power of language—and why saying “committed suicide” adds shame to a story already heavy with grief.

It took me years to unlearn the internal belief that suicide isn’t a crime. Or a sin. Instead, it’s the consequence of deep, unrelenting, untreated pain. And yet, the words we’ve been taught to use—“committed suicide”—still frame it like a moral failure.

This episode is about changing that. Because when we change the way we talk about suicide, we change the way we understand it. And that’s how we change the narrative for good.

🎧 Go to thesurviors.net to listen now.

If you or someone you know is struggling, please call the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline for help OR visit TheHelpHUB.co for mental health resources, tools & content.

*WARNING: This podcast mentions suicide and may be triggering.

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