Responding to a suicide attempt by insisting that it must stop, and devoting the full resources of therapy to preventing it, is a communication with compassion and care at its very core.

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"The desire to commit suicide, however, has at its base a belief that life cannot or will not improve. Although that may be the case in some instances, it is not true in all instances. Death, however, rules out hope in all instances. We do not have any data indicating that people who are dead lead better lives."

- Marsha M. Linehan

Hope

"The goal of DBT is to help people find the path to getting out of hell."

- Marsha M. Linehan

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"Beauty is a gentle and loving heart."

- Beauty and the Beast

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"There is no greater beauty than kindness and compassion."

- Beauty and the Beast

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"Selflessness is the most beautiful trait one can possess."

- Beauty and the Beast

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"A kind heart can bring light to the darkest of places."

- Beauty and the Beast

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"In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give out completes the circle and comes back to us."

- Flora Edwards

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