I remember being here. Finding myself in this ancient Hebrew song.
Does it help to know you’re not alone? Does it help to know that an ancient poet wrote this ode chronicling his (her?) time in the abyss? That someone else has felt as abandoned and helpless and hopeless as you do, now?
The poem helped me. [...]
So far, the two people I’ve described are in my circle of support because I pay them to be.
This person I don’t pay.
He knows my work. He knows the “industry” in which I work and has been able to advise and mentor me in navigating the political aspects of these trickier than usual workplaces (religious [...]
I think it’s universal human nature that people need to hear that they are physically attractive at some level. To feel the confidence that comes from “not looking too bad” to phrase it in Upper Midwest Scandanavian sort of way. Sometimes our girlfriends are the advice/affirmation givers. Sometimes not. I’ve never been a woman for [...]
He has seen me at some of my most vulnerable times. I’ve cried, sobbed really, on his couch more than once. For about a year I sobbed in front of him every time I saw him.
Not once did he tell me how to feel. He only asked me how I felt. And walked with me [...]
This is a public service announcement: Suicidal thoughts are a Life-threatening condition. Like chest pains they are ignored at the risk of the person experiencing them DYING. It is not something you can “snap out of” or just get over. You cannot treat yourself or your loved one.
If this soldier had presented at the VA [...]
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