September is Suicide Awareness Month, and Genesys Solutions is focusing on the importance of letting people know they're not alone.
On Sunday morning, she shared her experiences with mental health, the foster care system and experiencing homelessness at the Lived-Experience Trauma Informed Responses Conference.“I was a ward of the state. I had just closed my case. All my family is from Chicago, Illinois, so I didn’t have any support system out here. I felt extremely isolated. I felt extremely alone,” Rodriguez said.
Genesys Solutions organized the conference. September is Suicide Awareness Month, and they're focusing on the importance of letting people know they're not alone. “When people hear the experiences out loud, it gives them courage. It gives them the ability to want to be vulnerable because when we share our truth, we begin to heal. When you don’t heal, you hold it in, and that’s just weighing you down,” Beverly said.“I love my little baby, I’m a wonderful mom. I’m a wonderful daughter. I’m an amazing peer. Like I said, I use my stories to share with others because you never know what the next person is going through,” Rodriguez said.
If you or someone you know is experiencing suicidal thoughts, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255, Crisis & Suicide Intervention Hotline at 317-251-7575, text IN to 741741 or CSIS to 839863, or find resources from Indiana Suicide Prevention.
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