Why I Don’t Share Suicide Prevention Memes

So September is Suicide Prevention Month.   And people keep asking me to share Suicide memes.   Sorry, no.   There were two successful and two failed suicides in my circle in the past five years. Another failed suicide lives in my blood family.   I was one of the failed suicides. I am also … More Why I Don’t Share Suicide Prevention Memes

Lyme Disease: Stories From the Front Lines of An Epidemic – Steve

This was written in May of this year (2016) as a late addition to the book I was still pretending to write. Like many people with Lyme, Steve developed first leaky gut syndrome, and then the cataclysmic allergies that tend to go with that. It’s partially the disease and partially the heavy load of oral … More Lyme Disease: Stories From the Front Lines of An Epidemic – Steve

Suicide….Part 1

Now let’s talk about suicide. Which would actually be the kinder, gentler option. I have been  suicidal. One does not get over that the way one gets over the flu. And I found your remarks on homicide and suicide rates to be interesting but I also had an intuitive sense that they were in some … More Suicide….Part 1