Julie: Thanks for stopping by and for your importa...

2008-11-29T22:48:00.000-08:00

Julie: Thanks for stopping by and for your important message. If we keep going on the path we are on and become suicide friendly, a lot of people will die who would have otherwise lived and gone on to be glad they were alive.

But that takes real concern, which may be the ingredient we are running out of.

Glad you are doing better and so happy you are here at SHS.

Ya know, as one who has survived a couple of suici...

2008-11-29T21:57:00.000-08:00

Ya know, as one who has survived a couple of suicide attempts, 16 years later, I am quite grateful. I have a really good life now. I still struggle, but who doesn't struggle in this human condition?

I hated the mental health system, and still do, for it really does have its flaws, but I am grateful that I was taken against my will (as much as it hurt and still hurts to remember) and locked in a mental health facility. Yes, it was bad, and frankly, at times it was abusive. And while the abusive system needs to change, that my society was not going to let me hurt myself, that cannot change.

In being locked up against one's will, many rights are (temporarily) taken away, but one precious, constitutional right is protected- the right to life.

Should I ever have a crisis again, I pray that common sense will prevail. And common sense would have to come from my doctor or the court system because a person with serious depression cannot MAKE common sense.

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Julie: Thanks for stopping by and for your importa...

Ya know, as one who has survived a couple of suici...