Having gone through some of that myself, it always annoys me to no end how liberal outlets hyperfocus so hard on the methods (and banning of those) or vague "reducing stigma" rather than actually addressing literally any of the reasons people consider dying. I understand that there's no "one-size fits all" solution, but really basic stuff like having access to mental healthcare, or, in the case of their listed example, dignified drug rehab, being relegated to half a paragraph while they spend most of it talking about guns.
How about public funding for free mental healthcare in order to combat a mental health crisis? No? Or how to build local communities for support and mutual aid? Not that either? Or literally just listing reasons people did it so we can think of solutions? Nah, let's talk about the absolute only thing that Democrats and Republicans actually sorta disagree on, that is tangentially related to this, but will never actually change due to how entrenched gun culture already is in the USA.
CW: Suicide Methods
Research indicates that firearms aren't even that much more effective than some other suicide methods, though they obviously require some more preparation. I doubt banning guns is going to do much, and just actually reading the low rates of mortality and all the cases of people who survived it to a long lifetime of suffering and severe disability was enough to convince me that it is just a horrible risk to take, even if you actually believe that it is worth it.
If there is a nation that actually needs actual humanitarian aid from the USA, it is the USA.
If there is a nation that actually needs actual humanitarian aid from the USA, it is the USA.
Pretty sure the only "humanitarian aid" that the USA ever gives out is just guns and bombs. Remember the "aid convoys" that Venezuela captured at the border?
And in a sense that is what the USA already gives to their citizens. But would be cool if they actually gave you food, healthcare and housing and stuff. You know, humanitarian stuff.
not from the US, but in my country all the talk about 'raising awareness' and 'destigmatizing' mental illness has also been followed by a systematic dismantling of public mental health care treatment services
Oh yeah, Google thinks I'm Br*tish because I love watching their country burn, and whenever I searched about mental health it gave me liberal idealist nonsense from the Mind Group that wants to privatise the NHS. Lovely bunch.
One thing that can ironically save the life of a severely depressed person is a lack of initiative and energy (this is a reason that people sometimes only commit suicide after going on antidepressants, because they remain depressed but have recovered enough to have more motivation), so I think measures to prevent a method that is probably the most sure with the least work and preparation (gun) would probably reduce rates. That said, the way that depression is treated as purely a matter of internal pathology and not of the world being fucked up and pushing you to that place is terrible and much more important.
It does make a bit of sense, and there are other sane reasons to do gun control in the USA and stop their gun cults. It's a bit hard to get statistics on "unsuccessful" attempts because how it gets reported varies a lot, so although firearms are usually the most lethal, I'm not sure if they're the most prevalent when considering the failed ones.
But this is a common tactic of their media outlets, to frame every social problem as if the only way it could ever be solved is by voting Blue harder or convincing the Republicans to be normal, or some other nonsense. They always frame it in such a way that implies that common people have zero agency besides voting once every two years and maybe emailing a "representative."
I'm no church lover, but even churches can sometimes be more materialistic on these matters of social decay than the libs.
They're too busy with identity politics or whatever this week's circus show is. Or maybe some establishment ghoul will put on a pin or commemorative hat.
Starting tomorrow is "yellow September", so just watch a bunch of health privateers dressed as insurance companies putting on a show about how "you matter to somebody (financially)" or "it gets better (with my service)."
Bourgies and libs have infiltrated every aspect of people's mental health and somehow made it worse.
Having gone through some of that myself, it always annoys me to no end how liberal outlets hyperfocus so hard on the methods (and banning of those) or vague "reducing stigma" rather than actually addressing literally any of the reasons people consider dying. I understand that there's no "one-size fits all" solution, but really basic stuff like having access to mental healthcare, or, in the case of their listed example, dignified drug rehab, being relegated to half a paragraph while they spend most of it talking about guns.
How about public funding for free mental healthcare in order to combat a mental health crisis? No? Or how to build local communities for support and mutual aid? Not that either? Or literally just listing reasons people did it so we can think of solutions? Nah, let's talk about the absolute only thing that Democrats and Republicans actually sorta disagree on, that is tangentially related to this, but will never actually change due to how entrenched gun culture already is in the USA.
CW: Suicide Methods
Research indicates that firearms aren't even that much more effective than some other suicide methods, though they obviously require some more preparation. I doubt banning guns is going to do much, and just actually reading the low rates of mortality and all the cases of people who survived it to a long lifetime of suffering and severe disability was enough to convince me that it is just a horrible risk to take, even if you actually believe that it is worth it.
If there is a nation that actually needs actual humanitarian aid from the USA, it is the USA.
Pretty sure the only "humanitarian aid" that the USA ever gives out is just guns and bombs. Remember the "aid convoys" that Venezuela captured at the border?
I don't actually. Link, please?
https://theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/06/venezuelan-troops-blockade-bridge-to-stop-aid-from-colombia
Thanks!
And in a sense that is what the USA already gives to their citizens. But would be cool if they actually gave you food, healthcare and housing and stuff. You know, humanitarian stuff.
not from the US, but in my country all the talk about 'raising awareness' and 'destigmatizing' mental illness has also been followed by a systematic dismantling of public mental health care treatment services
Oh yeah, Google thinks I'm Br*tish because I love watching their country burn, and whenever I searched about mental health it gave me liberal idealist nonsense from the Mind Group that wants to privatise the NHS. Lovely bunch.
One thing that can ironically save the life of a severely depressed person is a lack of initiative and energy (this is a reason that people sometimes only commit suicide after going on antidepressants, because they remain depressed but have recovered enough to have more motivation), so I think measures to prevent a method that is probably the most sure with the least work and preparation (gun) would probably reduce rates. That said, the way that depression is treated as purely a matter of internal pathology and not of the world being fucked up and pushing you to that place is terrible and much more important.
It does make a bit of sense, and there are other sane reasons to do gun control in the USA and stop their gun cults. It's a bit hard to get statistics on "unsuccessful" attempts because how it gets reported varies a lot, so although firearms are usually the most lethal, I'm not sure if they're the most prevalent when considering the failed ones.
But this is a common tactic of their media outlets, to frame every social problem as if the only way it could ever be solved is by voting Blue harder or convincing the Republicans to be normal, or some other nonsense. They always frame it in such a way that implies that common people have zero agency besides voting once every two years and maybe emailing a "representative."
I'm no church lover, but even churches can sometimes be more materialistic on these matters of social decay than the libs.
They're too busy with identity politics or whatever this week's circus show is. Or maybe some establishment ghoul will put on a pin or commemorative hat.
Starting tomorrow is "yellow September", so just watch a bunch of health privateers dressed as insurance companies putting on a show about how "you matter to somebody (financially)" or "it gets better (with my service)."
Bourgies and libs have infiltrated every aspect of people's mental health and somehow made it worse.
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