Never Once, During Any Of My Bouts

From A Public Health Point Of View, Still The Overwhelming Problem Is That People Are Not Treated Enough For Depression; Depression Remains Under Treated.

I Think People Don't Understand How Intimately Tied Suicide Is To Mental Illness, Particularly To Depressive Illness And Bipolar Illness.

I Am Tired Of Hiding, Tired Of Misspent And Knotted Energies, Tired Of The Hypocrisy, And Tired Of Acting As Though I Have Something To Hide.

It Took Me Far Too Long To Realize That Lost Years And Relationships Cannot Be Recovered. That Damage Done To Oneself And Others Cannot Always Be Put Right Again.

There Is An Assumption, In Attaching Puritan Concepts Such As 'successful' And 'unsuccessful' To The Awful, Final Act Of Suicide, That Those Who 'fail' At Killing Themselves Not Only Are Weak, But Incompetent, Incapable Even Of Getting Their Dying Quite Right.