Today, September 10, 2024
World Suicide Prevention Day

Instead of listing statistics about this major public health concern, I want to convey love, support and concern for the family and friends who have lost someone to death by suicide.

As a trauma therapist of over 28 years, I have worked with people immediately following the tragedy of losing a family member or friend to death by suicide. I have witnessed firsthand the trauma, shock, disbelief, the self blame, the sleepless nights and the unexpected triggers that seem to never end for so many people.

I have also worked with people who struggle for months, even years following this devastating tragedy. I have done my very best to facilitate healing from trauma while at the same time, honoring the grief they are experiencing.

I believe grief is the price we pay for loving one another.

Experts say there are warning signs and oftentimes there are. But I have worked with many people who saw no warning signs at all, only to be left grappling with a reality they never saw coming.

I have learned that there is no return to normal,
just the exhaustion that comes from healing
and a reality that is anything but normal. 

I want you to know that the tappers can help you or someone you know who is struggling with the impact of this type of devastating loss. Handing someone the tappers while they share their feelings and their experience with you, helps them manage a little better than they would without the tappers. Giving the tappers to someone to use whenever they feel overwhelmed, triggered, anxiety ridden, sleep deprived or struggling to concentrate, will help them.

I believe in teaching healthy coping skills because they are helpful. However, most people who are highly traumatized, cannot remember to do the coping skills they have been taught when they’re triggered. That’s why handing someone tappers is so helpful. The triggered person doesn’t have to do anything to get the proven benefit of bilateral tapping, the tappers do the work for them. Once the level of dysregulation is back to a more workable range, “then”, the person will be better able to utilize the other coping skills they have taught.

I know there are no quick solutions to healing
from trauma and tragedy.

But there is support and help that does make a positive difference and Bi-Tapp is one of those resources. The tappers are simple to use and very effective. You can take them with you wherever you go and use them as often as you need to.

We, at Bi-Tapp, are deeply committed to doing all we can to support those who are struggling with incomprehensible grief this day and every day. 

– Cindy A Jones, LCSW