I apologize you find it simplistic and condescending. The path I took to wellness was self-improvement. Going into counseling and working with suicidal emotionally disturbed children, changes you as a person. I have come to learn and applied the self-improvement process into released felons, rehabilitating drug addicts, and much more. This has been my outcome.

-Female raped and abused in foster care. Serious trust issues. Multiple suicide attempts. Severe Depression. Now, she is pursuing a doctorate in biochemistry. Also, she has stopped drinking and self-harming.

-Male. Heroin addict. Multiple overdoses. Serious anger issues. Worked out his aggression, and is now pursuing a degree and has been clean since I got involved.

-Female, 4 kids taken away by CPS, drug abuse. Now, she has her kids back and pushed her back into nursing school.

-Female. Trauma and PTSD. She couldn't even get out of bed in the morning. Now she is finishing her Master's degree.

-Male. Anti-Social Behavior and anger issues. Enlisted in the military and has become an outstanding citizen.

So I apologize if you find my motivation and philosophy on self-improvement to be sub-optimal. However, those 5 people, would most likely disagree. I came into their lives at the lowest points and helped build them into someone. Just like me, they were in a spot were suicide was the better decision. But together we found another way out, a healthier way out, and a way to create a promising future.

People have different needs. I tend to work well with those that find themselves knocking at the gate, ask to leave this world in peace. Some call me their guardian angel. I am a realist. When it comes down to the facts, I can take a pathological liar and substance abuser and turn their life around. I don't take excuses and I don't tolerate manipulation. I don't call that condescending, I call it success.