TTFA Anthologies

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S1: The Ending Matters- Stop Calling It "Assisted Suicide"(Stories of Suicide & Loss) Oct 17, 2024

In 2014, Brittany Maynard exercised her right to an assisted death under Oregon's Death With Dignity Act. She'd been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer less than a year earlier.

Her death at age 29 — and her advocacy work for the legalization of assisted death — made headlines.

Nora's husband also died in 2014, also from brain cancer. But his and Brittany's deaths were very different. In this episode, Nora and Dan, Brittany's late husband, reflect on their partners' decisions about how to spend the end of their lives.

Terrible, Thanks for Asking tells the real stories of real people who have lived through the terrible things in life. TTFA Anthologies are a curated collection of some of our best stories; released in seasons that focus on a specific topic. You can find our entire episode catalog ad-free on Apple+ or Patreon.

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S1: Claire Has a Secret- Post Secret Girl Who Wrote in Her On-Suicide Notes(Stories of Suicide & Loss) Oct 10, 2024

When Claire was a teenager, she held a lot of big, difficult feelings, and for a while, she saw only one solution for them. Though Claire decides to not act on those feelings, her story gets shared anonymously online — and continues to appear when she needs it most.

Note: This episode is about suicide. If you are or someone you know is experiencing thoughts of suicide, there are free resources available to you:

Text HOME to 741-741 for a free, confidential conversation with a trained counselor any time of day.
If you feel unsafe right now, text or call 988 or use the chat function at 988lifeline.org
If you need help figuring out HOW to tell someone that you’re having suicidal thoughts, here are some prompts.
If you suspect someone in your life is having suicidal thoughts, here are some questions you can ask them.
Read the CDC’s Suicide Prevention Resource for Action.
If you’re struggling with depression, know some of the tools that can help lift you out of a hard time.

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S1: Army Wife- Husband Was Failed by the Army, Military, Abuse, PTSD(Stories of Suicide & Loss) Oct 03, 2024

Death by suicide has long been a problem within the U.S. military, and not just among veterans: In 2020, suicide rates among active duty service members hit a six-year high. On August 28th, 2015, Heather’s husband Tyler became one of those statistics. Theirs is a story of friendship, of love, of family, of service and duty … and of trauma, domestic abuse and mental illness.

If you’re experiencing thoughts of suicide, you can call or text 988.

If you’re a victim of domestic violence and want out, you can call the National Domestic Violence hotline. You’re not alone.

References: Recommendations for Reporting on Suicide Common Factors in Military Domestic Homicides: Implications for Prevention and Intervention Military Versus Civilian Murder-Suicide Military Suicide Rates Are at an All-Time High

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S1: In Absentia- When Things Are Not What You Thought They Were(Stories of Suicide & Loss) Sep 26, 2024

Olivia is 7 years old when her dad moves out of state to take a new job … and is never heard from again. In high school, a manilla envelope appears in Olivia’s mailbox letting her know the reason she never heard from him is because he died by suicide. But when Olivia learns as a young journalist that her father might have faked his own death all those years ago, she decides to investigate.

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S1: The Happiness Equation- How a Friend's Suicide Propelled Neil Pasricha Toward a Happier Life(Stories of Suicide & Loss) Sep 19, 2024

Neil Pasricha’s life is falling apart. His marriage, which gave him a sense of purpose and value, is over. His best friend has died by suicide. Therapy helps, but he still struggles with all of the negativity swirling in his head. So Neil does what a lot of people did in the mid-aughts: He starts a blog — a blog about awesome things that make him happy.

Right now, a lot of us rely on the internet and social media for connection and instead find the exact opposite. If that's you (and it probably is), this episode is for you.

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S1: What Do You Say About Suicide? Part 2(Stories of Suicide & Loss) Sep 12, 2024

In the last episode, we heard from people who had ideated and/or survived their own suicide attempts, as well as people who had survived a loved one’s suicide. They told us about all the unhelpful and hurtful things that people had said or done.

But there ARE things that people can do and say that ARE helpful, and in this episode, we dive into it.

If you're looking for resources on suicide, here are some good places to start:

Be The One To - https://www.bethe1to.com

National Alliance on Mental Illness - https://www.nami.org

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline - https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org

The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention - afsp.org/about-suicide/suicide-statistics

Center for Disease Control - https://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/suicide

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S1: What Do You Say About Suicide? Part 1(Stories of Suicide & Loss) Sep 05, 2024

You know what people hate talking about? Dreams. Politics. Religion.

Also: suicide.

But it's important that we talk about the hard stuff (and it's kinda what we do here), so we asked you to talk to us about your experiences with suicidal ideation and suicide loss.

For resources on suicide and mental health, nami.org has a wealth of great mental health resources.

Text NAMI to 741741 for immediate support.

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S1: If/Then- A Woman Witnesses the Suicide of a Stranger(Stories of Suicide & Loss) Sep 03, 2024

Charlotte’s career is built on theoreticals. As an operating room nurse, she has a protocol for every tragedy — a “then” for every “if.” That all changes one night when, on her way home, Charlotte encounters a teenage girl on the wrong side of a guardrail on an overpass above a highway.

Charlotte wasn’t this girl’s mother, or sister, or best friend. She didn’t even know her. But Charlotte was the last person who spoke to the girl before she died. She was THERE. And now, she doesn't know how to get back to the way her life used to be.

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The Feelings & Co. team is Nora McInerny, Claire McInerny, Marcel Malekebu and Grace Barry.

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S1: Two Letters - A Widow Remembers Her Husband With Two Letters(Stories of Suicide & Loss) Sep 03, 2024

This is an episode about two letters. One of those is the letter Jim left for his wife, Annie, before he died by suicide. The second is the letter Annie wrote to Jim after his death — and as she dealt with her own mental health issues and suicidality in the wake of it. When someone dies by suicide, people want it to be someone’s fault, so they can (hopefully) feel less like it’s their fault. But the thing is … it’s never anyone’s fault.

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The Feelings & Co. team is Nora McInerny, Claire McInerny, Marcel Malekebu and Grace Barry.

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S1: Stories of Suicide & Loss Sep 03, 2024

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Introducing TTFA Anthologies Sep 01, 2024

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