Teens are dying by suicide at an alarming rate. Public health officials call it a crisis. Researchers have identified several clusters nationwide. The survivors in this Arizona community are fighting back.
This fucking article made me so mad. Suicide prevention is walking around with signs saying "You matter"? Handing out pamphlets and joining an org called NotMYKid, because it's fine when it's someone else who dies? What about actually changing the fact that these kids' futures were derailed by typical teenage mistakes? I am so sick of all these people acting like suicide is some sort of "mind virus" and never a rational response to conditions. If you sent me back to high school and made me go through that shit again, even with the certainty that it would get somewhat better eventually, I'd fucking kill myself. It would be merciful. There are levels of suffering that make life not worth it. But we can't say that, the silly teenagers will get some crazy ideas.
This fucking article made me so mad. Suicide prevention is walking around with signs saying "You matter"? Handing out pamphlets and joining an org called NotMYKid, because it's fine when it's someone else who dies? What about actually changing the fact that these kids' futures were derailed by typical teenage mistakes? I am so sick of all these people acting like suicide is some sort of "mind virus" and never a rational response to conditions. If you sent me back to high school and made me go through that shit again, even with the certainty that it would get somewhat better eventually, I'd fucking kill myself. It would be merciful. There are levels of suffering that make life not worth it. But we can't say that, the silly teenagers will get some crazy ideas.