Saturday sadness

Inventorying medicines, begging in the street, and begging online: five hours I could have used to improve my life instead of just survive.

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Note to self—from six years ago

Notepad and pencil

I found a six-year-old document in which, I evaluated my situation and options at the time. It is interesting to see what has changed and what has not changed.

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Your suicide prevention hashtag and suicide hotline are killing people

No credible study has found evidence that a suicide hotline reduces the overall suicide rate. In fact, some scientific studies have found that suicide hotlines increase the suicide rate.Do something useful: donate. Do something useful: tell other people to donate. Stop harming people by spreading lies about suicide hotlines.

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