Mr. Brett A. Scudder presents Lived Experiences: Life After Suicide Attempt

Mr. Scudder is a suicide attempt survivor who has lived through various life challenges that challenged his beliefs, faith, family, lifestyle, perceptions and overall wellness. Through his challenges and struggles, he found important lessons about life, people, self and society that allowed him to change the ways he lived his life after his attempts, how he engaged with people, and how he recovered. While he still faces suicide ideations every now and then, he is able to more effectively overcome the challenges and move past them from the lessons learnt and self-care he practices.

He will be talking about his lived experiences and how he had to not only change his lifestyle but also the ways he looked at himself, loved ones and society. People think that because the attempt failed a person can just get back to living their life normally and not have further emotional challenges or distress, and that is far from true. Life can get harder, more challenges and a person can develop physical health complications from their emotional distress if not treated or addressed properly.

Thankfully, from his challenges and lived experiences he created the Scudder Intervention Services Foundation, Inc "SISFI" and The Suicide Prevention Institute of which he leads with the passion, commitment, compassion and dedication of a survivor who has lived with and through emotional crisis and distress from life challenges. This allows him to make real humane connections with the people he works with that reaches out to him for help, support, counseling and care. Sometimes people call in for services and asks specifically for him and if not available they wait for him to be because they heard about him and how he works with people.

Tune in and help to raise the awareness about depression, life challenges and suicide. We are grateful for him in sharing these important lessons for people to learn from, heal and recover.

Thank You. One Love.