2015 Suicide Awareness

"Nobody really wants to deal with it straight on because it's kind of a touchy subject, said Smith, who served two deployments with the Wyoming Army National Guard in Iraq.

Suicide disproportionally affects men, who are about 4 times more likely to take their own lives than women.

More than 1,000 people -- at least 400 more than last year -- assembled at Crossroads Park to show their support for suicide awareness during the annual "Breaking the Silence" walk along the Platte River Parkway on Saturday.

Psychologist and man Dr. Rich Mahogany says manly men like manly things like sports, beer, cars, power tools, and, you know. Dr. Mahogany isn't a psychologist even though he has an office, a desk, a leather chair, a bookcase, and a trophy and dart board on the wall...

Wyoming has begun to trim its notoriously high suicide rate, an organizer of the Suicide Prevention Conference at the Ramkota Hotel in Casper this week.

Over the years, it’s fair to say most of us have known people who have killed themselves, and that their deaths have affected our lives.

Suicide knows no color, gender, or socioeconomic situation - it affects all of us!