suicide, death, depression
Yesterday I heard the news that Jay Faulkner had passed away. I've sort of been in shock about it.
I followed him on Twitter for years, but only met him once. He seemed lovely. I think we had an awkward interaction about a year ago and we hadn't talked in a while.
2 days ago he posted a GoFundMe and I donated and messaged support. Yesterday I heard he died; today I heard he took his life.
500 characters are not enough for my thoughts on this.
suicide, death, depression
It's a difficult time of year. I'm feeling it. Finding the energy to deal with work and life stress has been getting me down. And yet this year is so much better than last year. And I have been in worse places before.
I hate the way that the stigma healthy people apply to suicidal thoughts make it difficult to talk about in the ways we need to in order to heal.
I'm not saying this to request comfort, I'm saying it because I *understand*.
suicide, death, depression
@Rhube I was sitting at a dinner listening to people who had never experienced depression talk about how selfish people who commit suicide were. (“Perform suicide”? What’s the correct term these days? “Commit” probably dates back to when it was illegal)
Just about lost half my tongue from biting it 😄
