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So, this image was presented without context, which is important and might make people with lIved experience feel a little less WTF about it. As always, context is important.https://twitter.com/theradr/status/1331373964426440704 A

I got busy and never told y'all the story about how I discovered that I may have made a big change that I care about.So, this saga started back on

Did some digging I’ve not done before. Looking at the original article the CDC got this information from: Vital Signs: Trends in State Suicide Rates — United States, 1999–2016 and

Sitting through an AFSP Talk Saves Lives training, and it's as problematic as I suspected it would be. Despite CDC data indicating that 54% of Americans who died by suicide

So, some truly HORRIFIC, cruel, and unneighborly shit went down in my neighborhood today. It has to do with some folks who lost their child to suicide this year, and

This is important: @cdcgov came out with a report in 2018 that showed that 54% of Americans who died by suicide between 1999-2016 did not have a known mental health

So, liability comes up in a lot of conversations around treating suicidal people. 1/ It's on forms ("I understand that if I am having suicidal [thoughts]... that cannot be resolved

While we’re on the topic of National Suicide Prevention Month, let’s discuss these ridiculous images that get attached to every article about #suicide ever. They’re called “head clutchers.” In short:

I always feel so pressured to participate in Suicide Prevention Month when I don't particularly want to and don't, at this point, see much value in it. #suicideprevention #suicidepreventionmonth

I'm having a really hard time understanding why the presenter list of this #suicide prevention summit organized by the Mental Health Academy is the way it is on the website:

Dear other white people: I know a lot of us are engaging in anti-racist work for the first time, and realizing our history of white supremacy is awful, but y’all

So, y'all have been privy to the decline and ultimate death of my grandfather last Sunday. But there's some other stuff I haven't talked about much, and my family is