What I Wish I Had Known: Resisting the Urge to Live

Dasia Black

Nov 2022 · Bolinda · Narrated by Rebecca Macauley

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What I Wish I Had Known. Resisting the Urge to Live explores the complex web of factors leading to suicide. It examines relevant research, philosophy, literature, first-hand accounts by bereaved parents (including that of the author), and in-depth interviews. It is a search for answers to what can be done to prevent those, often young men suffering from intense psychological pain, who have the strength to go against all survival instincts, to actually kill themselves. Suicide of a son, a daughter, a sibling, a parent, a partner, will often have a severe impact not only on their immediate family, but also their workplace and the community. The impact may extend over generations. This book is aimed at family, friends and workmates, who may benefit from recognising the red flags for suicide and at the wider community to reduce the stigma still associated with it.

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Kim Slender

September 30, 2022

This is a remarkable book. It will be an invaluable resource and comfort, not only those who have lost a loved one by suicide, but for clinicians, school psychologists and all mental health professionals. It is a truly astonishing insight into a very painful and not often spoken about subject.

About the author

Dr Dasia Black was born in Poland at outbreak of war. She was three years old when the Nazis marched into her township in Galicia. Dasia’s parents were murdered by the Nazis. Escaping from Communist Poland with her adoptive parents, she arrived in Australia at the age of 12, where she completed her schooling and university studies at Sydney University.

Rebecca Macauley is a talented and award-winning narrator. She has appeared in a variety of television programs, including the internationally popular series Neighbours and the Australian drama Blue Heelers. Her work includes the US feature film Darkness Falls and the children's television series Wicked Science. Rebecca has previously narrated Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta and Ursula Dubosarsky's Abyssinia.

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