Jumper on the bridge


There were workmen on the tracks when I rode over on my bike about 17:30. Hope they were still around.
Was coppers on the wearmouth bridge looking over at him when i past.

No idea what the protocols are in the situations when they’re on the railway bridge. Certainly must be more complicated than them hanging over the Wearmouth.
 
Daft question..how do they get onto the railway bridge..from the station then walk along the track or access from where St Marys car park is??
 
I've had two close friends kill themselves both hanged themselves. One was a lad I went to uni with he was 20. He went home for new year got into a drunken fight over some lass and picked up a knife. He was in trouble and would probably have served a short sentence but couldn't face it. If he'd spoke me I could have introduced him to successfull people who served time when younger. The other was an older man I sailed with, he was trans gender came out at a woman and was in the process of changing. While he was at work he had all our support and the lads and lasses were great. On leave the kids rejected her. She wasn't discovered for 1 week. Over Xmas. You literally never know what someone is going through...
 
The mental health services in this country are fucked

The crisis team are the worst organisation ive ever worked with
There needs to be some sort of golden handshake for people who go into that area with, say, 24 months commitment.

No way of knowing, but I’d be interested to know the attrition rate/average length of service for staff who joined crisis teams since 2017.
 
It's a very dark place to be, and when you are there, NO ONE can understand, because even you don't. It is just so important to have a glimmer of a future, and someone extending a hand.
You are a good person Mini. 👍

Come on mate. Show a bit of compassion.

Imagine if it was your family member you found floating or hanging.
I do appreciate his point though. Everyone's thought processes and situation are different though.
I've wrote about one of my experiences of suicidal thoughts and what I did here

For me at the point in time where I thinking about ending my life I did consider other people and didn't want to get in the way of strangers when I thought I would be better off dead. It must be awful to have even darker thoughts where that is your answer.
I won't post what I did (people can read it if they want to, this is already morbid enough), it wouldn't ever have ended my life but at the point I did it I was convinced it would.
In reality my head was so full of negative thoughts like nobody cares, nobody understands, that what I did was a cry for help.

Like others have said my messages are alway open if anyone wants to chat in confidence.
 
I'm not sure that's always true to be honest. The people I know who have topped themselves resolved to do it in private where nobody could stop them. There's plenty of places where people could choose to end it all...that's not meaning to be callous (I'm failing miserably) but I would suggest that some people (clearly not the ones who jump regardless) are making a very public cry for help.

Good, rather they make a cry for help and get the help as opposed to ending their lives.
 
My friend shaun jumped, really nice bloke, salt of the earth,he was always a deep type of person, internalised everything, didn't tell anyone, just drove to the A19 bridge, parked, and vaulted over the railings, people go into dark places and there's no one to talk to, some people show no indication of what's to come, smiling and normal on the morning of the act, very sad when I hear of people jumping.
Awful that, marra. Sorry to hear that.

My nephew took his own life age 26, at his inquest it transpired that he had attempted to do it before, we had no idea. Just wish he would've reached out for help.

As other posters have also said, if anyone is suffering with internal demons, then just reach out and I'll do whatever I can to help.

I'm not a trained counsellor but like to think I'm a good listener and certainly won't judge.
 
There needs to be some sort of golden handshake for people who go into that area with, say, 24 months commitment.

No way of knowing, but I’d be interested to know the attrition rate/average length of service for staff who joined crisis teams since 2017.
Yeah i dont think you need to be major qualified to join the team but you would thing actually caring about poeple and the job has to be a big part of it

Bit i agree the staff turnover seems to be horrific
 

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