That's how I lost my dad. Got the call when I was 5 in Ecuador, didn't cry 'cause I didn't understand death and didn't have emotional attachement to him. Still sucks though
Yes, but this is coming from the UK. A country with an NHS where it is possible to get care and not go into crippling debt.
In the others that do not... what do we do? Suffer in silence and hope in vain it gets better.
Besides, even if we DO call a crisis hotline, there's a good chance SWAT is going to show up and kill us anyway.
I'm not arguing with what you say but in the UK the waiting lists are 3 months to 6 months minimum.. Which for a suicidal person is absolutely ridiculous. I gave up on the health service and was lucky enough to find a charity offering free counselling. I don't know if they have many charities like that where you live but it might be worth looking into
The NHS aren't even that great anyway. Most of the time they don't care how much you're suffering/hurt and brush it off as nothing's wrong. Which is why my international friend went private after being disappointed by the NHS hospital.
At least you have one. In the UK, if you are I a catastrophic accident, you're covered.
If you are in a catastrophic accident in the US... even if you DO habe healthcare coverage, you're probably going to go bankrupt.
Yeah I think the NHS is wonderful for physical health (most of the time) but horrendous for mental health. When my sister was in an eating disorder clinic the head psychiatrist told one of the other patients that he had 'seen worse' . This client then starved herself to the extreme and when he saw her next he said 'ok now I've never seen anything worse'...
Dudes, talk to your friends. And if your friends need to talk, don't be buttholes about it. Besides not accessing therapy, it's been said that men don't take advantage of their friendships to the same emotional level women do, and don't get as much help from their social network as a result. So if we could just get rid of this weird "only women talk about their feelings" thing, that would be very helpful for men who need support.
To me, “manning up” no longer means pretending you can do everything by yourself. Manning up means having the courage to do what needs to be done, including, but not limited to, getting help and actually being introspective with a professional. Set consideration and improving yourself in a genuine way is manning up. Pretending like here’s no problem or that turning away from it will solve it is cowardly and juvenile. I hope more men (and other people of course) come to think like this too, it would be so beneficial.
A contributing factor is also that women use methods that have a higher chance of failing like pills but honestly I don't know how big of a factor that is.
It isn't "manning up" if you take the opt out option.
Manning up used to mean stand up and deal with your issues, either on your own if you can or with help when you can't.
Never opt out of the fight.
HE WHAT?!...
WHAT DID HE DO?!
DON'T YOU FUCKING PLAY WITH MY EMOTIONS LIKE THAT!
D:<
I WANNA KNOW AND I WANNA KNOW NOW.
my respects and condolences goes out to you and your family
In the others that do not... what do we do? Suffer in silence and hope in vain it gets better.
Besides, even if we DO call a crisis hotline, there's a good chance SWAT is going to show up and kill us anyway.
If you are in a catastrophic accident in the US... even if you DO habe healthcare coverage, you're probably going to go bankrupt.
Manning up used to mean stand up and deal with your issues, either on your own if you can or with help when you can't.
Never opt out of the fight.