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capucine monkFeb 103 min read

six months later

this is courage

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Sonja PatinoNov 18, 20152 min read

The Gutter Punks of Pamplona

As I sit here and recite this story to you I get further and further away from my memories.

But it’s an important story so listen up. I smoke too many cigarettes and my opinions of everyone involved in my life fall further and further down.

Kelly KitagawaJan 104 min read

What It’s Like To Recover

When I was 15 I was thinking pretty seriously about suicide. And I don’t want anyone’s pity, but I do want to stop hearing bad and unnecessary “kill yourself” “jokes” and maybe get some sweet, sweet compassion flowing for people who might need it.

Mark ElliotFeb 179 min read

Living with Mark Elliot.

I like telling stories in the first person that are unique. And I can’t get any more unique than my birth name of “Nils Fleming Johanson”.

Nothing would separate me so much from the “Johns”, “Bobbys”, and “Rays” that were common names in my neighborhood of…

pan ellingtonFeb 238 min read

that something, that place, & the fear.

Living life on the fringe is not a new thing for me. Even as a kid, the mothers at school often told me,

“You march to your own drumbeat.”

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AbrinJul 10, 20156 min read

That time I couldn’t poison myself to death.

I just finished watching Stephen Fry talk about his bipolar disorder. I’ve been diagnosed with depression officially, but I can relate to the Manic episodes he describes. Buying things with wild abandon, self-medication (a.k.a. doing drugs), and…

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NerissaSep 18, 201510 min read

Seeing Sandra Bland.

A heads up: I talk about some intense topics here. Like suicide. There are also some swears. If you’re looking for…

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Michelle PerryMar 127 min read

Help Me!: Once I slice… -Book Review

This book hit home in a very real way. My son is months from being an eighth grader and most of his friends are or will…

Esmé WrightSep 8, 20152 min read

Rimbaud, Suicide and Stars.

<<O saisons, ô châteaux, quelle âme est sans défauts?>>

Erika Alves FerreiraSep 11, 2015

Sobre suicídio

Elaine P.

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Obrigada por compartilhar, Elaine. Já tive esse tipo de pensamentos também, algumas vezes para pouco tempo depois dizer a mim mesma que eu estava louca, sem entender porque aqueles pensamentos sequer passavam na cabeça. Já passei por momentos de angústia assim. Bom saber que não sou a única, que pessoas como você também pensam isso.