Suicide Observation Report
The experiences that have prepared me to work with underserved populations are my community service as a mentor and my service as a suicide hotline volunteer.
First, my community involvement with the 3E’s to Success Program mentoring young men has prepared me to work with populations from underprivileged communities. As an intervention strategy designed to provide a foundation for at-risk students to be successful in life, the program addressed education, employment, and empowerment while championing a growth mindset that encouraged learning and candid dialogue. Every Tuesday I and the other mentors met at the community center and bonded with these young men over humor, laughter and storytelling, but at the heart of the program were the young …show more content…
My work on the Suicide hotline aligns with my vision: an empowered world where we are all no limit people. Likewise, it ties with my mission, which is to unconditionally free people. My journey on the suicide hotline has been one of constant growth. I remember my first couple of calls sounding robotic as I scrambled to ask the assessment questions. Despite getting through the calls well, I still felt like my humanity was lost in translation. Connection I longed for. Then one day I got a call from a woman who was suicidal and grieving. Sobbing in distress, her agony made my stomach churn. Lost for words, I simply listened. I visualized myself sitting beside her as I became absorbed by her story, becoming her in the process. Instead of trying to say the right thing, I used my two strengths empathy and listening to be present with her becoming a vessel for her to dump her emotional pain into. I welcomed the opportunity to become her confidant as I breathed deeply sinking into the wounds of her heart. Meditating on her situation, I dropped the formalities and spoke from the core, speaking from inspiration rather than protocol and made it my mission to help liberate this women from her pain. Working with people like her and other people with mental illness on the hotline, will prepare me for working
First, my community involvement with the 3E’s to Success Program mentoring young men has prepared me to work with populations from underprivileged communities. As an intervention strategy designed to provide a foundation for at-risk students to be successful in life, the program addressed education, employment, and empowerment while championing a growth mindset that encouraged learning and candid dialogue. Every Tuesday I and the other mentors met at the community center and bonded with these young men over humor, laughter and storytelling, but at the heart of the program were the young …show more content…
My work on the Suicide hotline aligns with my vision: an empowered world where we are all no limit people. Likewise, it ties with my mission, which is to unconditionally free people. My journey on the suicide hotline has been one of constant growth. I remember my first couple of calls sounding robotic as I scrambled to ask the assessment questions. Despite getting through the calls well, I still felt like my humanity was lost in translation. Connection I longed for. Then one day I got a call from a woman who was suicidal and grieving. Sobbing in distress, her agony made my stomach churn. Lost for words, I simply listened. I visualized myself sitting beside her as I became absorbed by her story, becoming her in the process. Instead of trying to say the right thing, I used my two strengths empathy and listening to be present with her becoming a vessel for her to dump her emotional pain into. I welcomed the opportunity to become her confidant as I breathed deeply sinking into the wounds of her heart. Meditating on her situation, I dropped the formalities and spoke from the core, speaking from inspiration rather than protocol and made it my mission to help liberate this women from her pain. Working with people like her and other people with mental illness on the hotline, will prepare me for working