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Originally Posted by Nammu
Suicide is in the top ten causes of death in USA. In my state it is number 8 and they just closed a suicide hotline for lack of funds. People ( government especially) seem to think if we ignore it, it will go away. Imagine the outcry there would be if a major cancer research facility was closed for lack of funds......yet that's not happening with the closing of the last statewide suicide hotline.
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So true, Nammu. If a cancer research center closed the news would be online, there would be angry outcry....Already this morning I saw a Fabebook post from a friend I consider(ed) to be an intelligent, well-informed person. The poster mentioned that she had always seen Anthony B. as a "strong person, not a weak one".
It's words like that, beliefs like that, that make me want to spend more and more time around people with mental illness...people who truly understand.