Cid Fernandez Suicide Attempt Survivor S2 E9
Suicide Zen Forgiveness Stories re Suicide Loss | Ideation | Mental Health Offering Hope
English - March 15, 2022 15:59 - 1 hour - 61.3 MBHealth & Fitness ptsd forgiveness mentalhealth prevention story suicide zen Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Originally from Miami, FL
1st generation Cuban-AmericanMother born in Cuba
Athlete and high school social butterfly
Husband to GabyMarried at 19 yrs old
Father to 2 teenagersBrianna 14
Caiden 13
Cecilia – Coming in Aug
Joined Marines Corps in 2004 (18 yrs old)Deployed to East Asia
Electrician on helicopters
Joined Air Force in 2012Flight Engineer
Deployed to Middle East in 14’
Flew over 18 missions to Afghanistan
Spent over 12 years in Aeronautics
Traveled to 23 countries
Fluent in 3 languagesEnglish
Spanish
Sarcasm
Suicide Attempt SurvivorIn 2001 my parents went through a bad time with one another. The arguments got bad and my mom finally threw my father out of the home that year. During that time I lost the ability to play basketball due to terrible grades. For me Basketball was my form of expression and my therapy. When it was taken away, I hit a real bad point. Obviously perspective is huge in life, as a 15 yr old it felt that everything was caving in and felt the only way out was not being here. I’m thankful the rifle never went off and believe that there was higher calling for me. Since then I’ve dedicated myself to sharing my raw truth with the hopes of empowering others to do the same.
These stories have become so tainted and looked at as non-shareable content, but honestly.. It’s time to quit that. Our truths aka our story, shouldn’t be frowned upon. We all come from different paths with similar rest stops and that’s where connection really flourishes.