What I Wish I Had Known
About this ebook
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.
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 twelve, where she completed her schooling and university studies at Sydney University.
She is the author of two published books, Letter from my Father, a memoir in which she examined the impact of her parents disappearing from her life at the age of four and Zbaraz. A Community Extinguished, which follows the child's quest for precious details about her parents life and death.</p><p>For most of her professional life, Dasia lectured and researched at the Australia Catholic University on various aspects of human development and the psychology of racism.
