you'd think after dealing with chronic & acute suicidality for nearly 20 years i'd be better at it, but nope
the general public's perception of suicidality is that it's caused by "objective" sources of extreme distress, but many mental illnesses change the brain's response to stimuli (and its reaction to distress) such that the causes may seem trivial to an outsider (and even to oneself, after the fact)
the public imagines all suicidality as a "person on a rooftop" scenario, where if you simply talk them down then it's done; the distress will pass, life will go on
but people like me never escape the rooftop. we're always there, and it is so easy to find oneself on a ledge again
Nov 1, 2024 05:08
