Suicide Prevention

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• Raise awareness of Yellow September and what it stands for.

• Wear yellow clothing or decorate with yellow.

• Join the program.

• Take photos of a yellow atmosphere, a photo of yourself, friends, family, colleagues, decorations, or yellow products, and share it on social media with the hashtag #gulurseptember.

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• September 10 2024 is a yellow day.

• Everyone who can is encouraged to participate and thus show support for mental health and suicide prevention.

• On a yellow day, we wear yellow clothes, decorate with yellow, eat yellow food, and take photos in a yellow mood. The picture can be of yourself, friends, family, colleagues, decorations, or yellow objects.

• Photos are shared on social media with the hashtag #gulurseptember.

• Note the yellow mental health walks on this day (Icelandic).

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• This slogan was chosen for Yellow September. It refers to compassion, caring, and focusing on mental health together.

• If you feel that life is not worth living, seek help.

• If you are worried about a loved one/friend/colleague, talk to that person.

• It helps to share your feelings with others.

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• Social isolation from friends, family and community

• Risky behavior, abuse of alcohol or other drugs

• Mood swings, short temper, carelessness, impulsiveness or not caring

• Thoughts or talk about meaninglessness or hopelessness

• Change in sleeping habits, insomnia, and/or fatigue

• Giving away one's belongings or settling finances

• Suicidal thoughts, writing or talking about not wanting to live anymore

• Thoughts or talk about ways to end one's life

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• Heilsuvera's telephone consultation 1700 and Heilsuvera's online chat (open daily from 8 am to 10 pm)

• Red Cross helpline 1717 and online chat 1717.is (open 24/7)

• Pieta Association phone 552 2218 (open 24/7)

• See more at Sjálfsvíg.is

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• Yellow is the color of suicide prevention

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• This time of year is chosen because World Suicide Prevention Day is September 10 and World Mental Health Day is October 10.

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• The semicolon (;) is the symbol for Yellow September, but the symbol is widely used to show solidarity with mental health and suicide prevention. It refers to continuation; resilience and hope.

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Edda Lilja Guðmundsdóttir designs the little yellow sweater. She designed the sweater for Yellow September and gave Lífsbrú the knitting recipe to support suicide prevention.

The Icelandic knitting community is large, and there is a long knitting tradition. Knitting involves mindfulness, which can be beneficial for mental health. The hope of those behind the Little Yellow Sweater is that a group of people will knit according to Edda Lilja’s recipe, either alone or participate in organized knitting. The Little Yellow Sweater would thus connect knitting people together, and the result would then be given to Lífsbrú as a gift. Lífsbrú would, in turn, sell the Little Yellow Sweater to fundraise for Yellow September and other suicide prevention measures. In this way, the strength and cooperation of knitting people will be useful for the cause, but hopefully also for connecting people together and creating good knitting sessions.

Those who cannot knit but want to support Lífsbrú - Centre for Suicide Prevention are advised to support the Lífsbrú fund by making a deposit to the following account:

• Identification number (kennitala): 501023-0780

• Account number: 0370-26-047094

2023

• Suicide and the media. Guðrún Jóna Guðlaugsdóttir. Vísir. September 6, 2023 (Icelandic)

• Yellow September - World Suicide Prevention Day. Alma D. Möller. Vísir. September 10, 2023. (Icelandic)

• The importance of mental health and the effect of drugs on our well-being. Bergþóra Kristín Ingvarsdóttir. Vísir. September 20, 2023 (Icelandic)

• What if it's not "all in yellow"? Liv Anna Gunnell. Vísir. October 4, 2023 (Icelandic)

2024

• Is everything in yellow? Interview with Guðrún Jóna Guðlaugsdóttir. Bylgjan. August 30, 2024 (Icelandic)

• World Suicide Prevention Day. Alma D. Möller. Vísir. September 10, 2024. (Icelandic)