CONTENT WARNING: This story contains depictions of suicidal ideation and suicide. Reader discretion is advised. If you or someone you know is struggling with thoughts of suicide, please reach out for help: National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (US): 988 or 1-800-273-8255 Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741 International Association for Suicide Prevention: https://www.iasp.info/resources/Crisis_Centres/ Remember, you … Continue reading The Bridge – Four Perspectives
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Question of the Week #419
Hey there, dear readers! Welcome back to our weekly existential crisis... I mean, our Question of the Week series. Today, we're diving into the deep end of the pool with a question that's about as light and fluffy as a lead balloon: Have you ever seriously considered suicide? If so, why? Now, before we plunge … Continue reading Question of the Week #419
Question of the Week #317
Trigger Warning: Death; Suicide; Assisted Suicide If your mother were in pain, bedridden, and a few weeks from death, and she begged you to give her poison so she could take her own life, would you find a way to get it for her? Yes, I would. This is the kind of question that I've … Continue reading Question of the Week #317
Heartbroken and Infuriated
Have you ever found yourself in a place where you're both heartbroken and infuriated? That's where I am right now. I've been there for the better part of the last 24 hours. Yesterday afternoon, I found out from a co-worker that a child we worked with back in the fall took her own life on … Continue reading Heartbroken and Infuriated
The Confusing Middle’s Top 10 Blog Posts of 2017
I did this last year. And the year before that. Being the third year in a row, I guess we can now call the Top 10 an annual tradition. This is the post where I look back at the previous year and make a list of the blog posts that got the most traffic throughout … Continue reading The Confusing Middle’s Top 10 Blog Posts of 2017
Cyberbullying and Suicide
Disclaimer: I'm going to say some things here that will likely make me sound heartless and cruel. Please know that is not my intent. I welcome constructive comments and criticism and am willing to dialogue at the end of this post. I recently saw a report on the CBS Evening News about a New Jersey … Continue reading Cyberbullying and Suicide
Question of the Week #117
Have you ever considered suicide? What is so important to you that without it life would not be worth living? No. I have never considered suicide. I can't imagine ever getting to the point where I would want to take my own life. I understand that there are those who have been in such extreme … Continue reading Question of the Week #117
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