How to Prevent Teen Suicides: For Dummies

Tom Doukas
Nov 3 · 4 min read

When I was fifteen, I swallowed half a bottle of Tylenol.

I’d always opted for ibuprofen for pain relief, since my mother has a severe allergy to acetaminophen that nobody was quite sure I had inherited or not. I was really hoping I did when I swallowed them. I wanted to die.

I was relentlessly bullied at school. I felt alone at home. I really figured things would…

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