How Losing Somebody Drains All the Color Out of Your Life
I’ve been suicidal at various points in my life. People don’t know about it because I never woke up in the hospital, but that doesn’t mean I didn’t go through the planning.It’s problematic to think of contemplating self-harm as something you “get away with.” Those aren’t thoughts you should hide. Those are thoughts you should share. As for me, I didn’t talk about my depression because I couldn’t bear the thought of getting rejected during a moment of intense vulnerability. That, somehow, seemed worse than death.The simple fact is the United States is not a country that helps people who are in…
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