Tagged: suicide

Jan 12

sinead asking for help

i just read that sinead o’connor recently tried to commit suicide. that’s sad.

one thing that i thought was cool, though, is that she asked for help on twitter. ( Read more )

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Aug 23

suicide

here we go.

when i told my mom about my three-piece psychology today feature on depression and suicide and mentioned that i’d written that i never tried to commit suicide, she said, “you told me you’d tried to commit suicide.” did i? i don’t know. i don’t think i did, but might i have said that? possibly.

you see, when i was about twelve or so, one day i was feeling particularly depressed. ( Read more )

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May 26

“suicide’s note”

so, i just posted a new piece on psychology today.  it is the final part of my 3-piece feature: the sad & the glad about depression and suicide.  it’s another ‘put up the piece at lunch’ thing.  fortunately, i’d already written it, so i just needed to format it properly and add appropriate pictures. ( Read more )

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Apr 02

sad & glad about depression

so here’s my latest psychology today piece: “the sad & the glad about depression and suicide“.  it’s the first of a 3-part piece.  the overall theme will be working to break the stigma associated with depression and suicide. ( Read more )

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