🔔 SENSITIVE CONTENT Disclaimer: The information in this video is not intended to diagnose or treat any mental health condition. If you are in crisis, or in need of immediate assistance, we encourage you to reach out to friends, professionals, and other groups to gain relevant support for your particular situation.

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More and more people suffer from depression, to such an extent that suicide appears to be the only way out for them: out of their suffering. Suicide, we know, is a sensitive topic, so sensitive that people tend not to talk about it. And that seems to be part of the problem.

Plum Village monastic Sister Dang Nghiem doesn't shy away from difficult topics. In this very personal and touching sharing, full of lived experiences, wisdom, tears, practical suggestions and a profound song at the end, Sister Dang Nghiem opens her heart about the choice to end life, inter-being and the deep wish to transform.

"I made the commitment to transform my sadness and despair, my suffering, so that I can transmit healing, transformation, peace and acceptance", she says.

I recommend this video to anybody who has thoughts about suicide (regularly), to their family members and friends, to those who have lost a loved one by suicide, and to those of us who want to have a deeper understanding of life.

After watching this video you might start to trust that even the darkest despair can lead to a life of true liberation and light.

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Sister Dang Nghiem wrote three very personal, powerful and practical books about strong emotions and the path of healing:
1. Healing, A Woman's story from doctor to nun ➛ https://www.parallax.org/product/healing-a-womans-journey-from-doctor-to-nun/
2. Mindfulness as Medicine ➛ https://www.parallax.org/product/mindfulness-as-medicine-a-story-of-healing-body-and-spirit/
3. Flowers in the Dark ➛ https://www.parallax.org/product/flowers-in-the-dark/

An important title written by Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh about this topic is Taming the Tiger Within ➛ https://www.parallax.org/product/taming-the-tiger-within/

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