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Podcast: Yah Lah But
Episode: #797: How to Talk to Someone Who's Suicidal (Without Making It Worse) ft Charlene Heng
Description: In Singapore, there is an average of one suicide death per day โ and yet most of us still donโt know how to talk about it. Charlene Heng, Deputy Director at SOS Academy, Samaritans of Singapore, gets real about suicide in Singapore โ the stats, the stigma, and why asking the suicide question doesn't make things worse. Whether you're worried about a friend or struggling yourself, we hope you find this helpful.๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐ฅ๐๐จ๐ค๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ช๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐ฎ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐ฉ๐ (๐๐๐)๐๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ค๐ต:๐ช. ๐๐๐โ๐ด 24-๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต 1767, ๐ฐ๐ณ 24-๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐น๐ต ๐ข๐ต 9151 1767 (๐ท๐ช๐ข ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต๐ด๐๐ฑ๐ฑ)๐ช๐ช. ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ 1771, ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆโ๐ด 24/7 ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ด๐ถ๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ด, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ช๐ง๐ฆ | https://yahlahbut.short.gy/CaringForLife๐ข๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ถ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ดTerence: What LENS is Actually inside a Vintage Photo Booth?Haresh: Lamine Yamal's FIRST career hat-trick!Charlene: Tomorrow | Official Trailer๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐!Drop us an email at [email protected]! Weโre always looking out for people to do cool stuff with, so letโs chat!๐ฆ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ๐น๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐๐น๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ โ "๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐๐๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐โGet a roundup of our One Shiok Things & first dibs on our latest launches delivered straight to your inbox!Subscribe Here(00:00) Intro(00:01:02) Charlene's Personal Story And Journey Into Social Work(00:02:43) What Charlene Does At SOS(00:03:31) Has Talking About Suicide Gotten Easier Over The Years?(00:05:22) Busting The Myth: Asking About Suicide Doesn't Trigger It(00:07:03) Suicide Statistics In Singapore(00:09:13) Why Men Have Higher Suicide Rates(00:11:55) SOS Receives 5,000 Calls Every Month(00:13:29) Training Volunte...