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Like, so I don't even know exactly what I'm trying to say, but what I think what I'm trying to say is I feel like talking about it, even admitting, yes, I too have had those feelings. I too have considered suicide. I have had beginning thoughts or middle thoughts. I don't think that that propagates suicide. I think that what you just said is so important.
Talking about it makes people think, oh, maybe it's not... I'm not alone in it. And that makes you less depressed, which makes you less likely to commit suicide, right? Yes.
Talking about it makes people think, oh, maybe it's not... I'm not alone in it. And that makes you less depressed, which makes you less likely to commit suicide, right? Yes.
Talking about it makes people think, oh, maybe it's not... I'm not alone in it. And that makes you less depressed, which makes you less likely to commit suicide, right? Yes.
Coming out of it is so interesting though. I saw something that made me feel so seen. I'm sure it was a meme because that's the way my brain works, but it said something like, coming out of depression is when you do your worldwide apology tour. And I feel like that's it. It's just like you're in it.
Coming out of it is so interesting though. I saw something that made me feel so seen. I'm sure it was a meme because that's the way my brain works, but it said something like, coming out of depression is when you do your worldwide apology tour. And I feel like that's it. It's just like you're in it.
Coming out of it is so interesting though. I saw something that made me feel so seen. I'm sure it was a meme because that's the way my brain works, but it said something like, coming out of depression is when you do your worldwide apology tour. And I feel like that's it. It's just like you're in it.
And then you spend the next month apologizing for every freaking thing you didn't do, didn't show up for, the things you said, the things you didn't say. It takes another month.
And then you spend the next month apologizing for every freaking thing you didn't do, didn't show up for, the things you said, the things you didn't say. It takes another month.
And then you spend the next month apologizing for every freaking thing you didn't do, didn't show up for, the things you said, the things you didn't say. It takes another month.
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And for someone who never has had any experience with suicide and doesn't understand what we're talking about, one thing that you could do is just to make sure that Whenever you're in a conversation about this or you hear about it, that you react with reverence and not judgment. This is something we can do. We can stop saying that suicide is selfish.
And for someone who never has had any experience with suicide and doesn't understand what we're talking about, one thing that you could do is just to make sure that Whenever you're in a conversation about this or you hear about it, that you react with reverence and not judgment. This is something we can do. We can stop saying that suicide is selfish.
And for someone who never has had any experience with suicide and doesn't understand what we're talking about, one thing that you could do is just to make sure that Whenever you're in a conversation about this or you hear about it, that you react with reverence and not judgment. This is something we can do. We can stop saying that suicide is selfish.
We can stop doing, you know, I always think about this poem that Warsan Shire wrote about her refugee experience. when I think about suicide. And she said, she has this one line that says, you must understand no one leaves their home unless the water is safer than the land.
We can stop doing, you know, I always think about this poem that Warsan Shire wrote about her refugee experience. when I think about suicide. And she said, she has this one line that says, you must understand no one leaves their home unless the water is safer than the land.
We can stop doing, you know, I always think about this poem that Warsan Shire wrote about her refugee experience. when I think about suicide. And she said, she has this one line that says, you must understand no one leaves their home unless the water is safer than the land.
Really?