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Every Vermonter can do something in their community to help prevent suicide.
With your help, we can raise awareness about suicide prevention, mental wellness and save lives.
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Suicide and Peer Support
Talking to someone who has been through a similar experience can help. Peer support is available for different groups in the state.
Know how to support lethal means safety in Vermont.
Lethal means safety means properly storing and limiting access to household things that could be used to harm yourself or other people in your household.
- Keep firearms locked and unloaded
- Keep ammunition locked in a separate location
- Limit large amounts of medication in the house
- Dispose of unwanted prescription medications
- Have Poison Control in your phone 1-800-222-1222
- Learn more about firearm safety and safe storage from the Vermont Department of Health
How you can be inclusive of gender identities:
Transgender, intersex, and gender non-conforming people face considerable discrimination in our society, leading to higher rates of suicide and mental illness.
To create safer communities, we can honor and respect the spectrum of gender identities by correctly using someone’s pronouns. We can also model using our own pronouns when meeting new people.
Using the right pronouns helps:
- People feel affirmed and valued.
- Prevent harm, both physically and mentally.
- Signal that you value this person’s sense of safety highly.
- People feel like they can be more honest with you and that there is potential for trust.
If you want more support, learn how to practice using pronouns. This is especially helpful if you are working on improving your use of any particular set of pronouns.
