We’ve shared innumerable items about how important it is to maintain mental health, address issues surrounding it and to do what we can to prevent suicide. Whether for you, a coworker or a customer, when in doubt, ACT. None of us wants to help write a tribute such as this one that Maryland Congressman Jamie Raskin and Sarah Bloom Raskin shared about their son, Tommy, last weekend. We can, however, learn from it.
Source: Medium, January 3, 2021. Link. He began to be tortured later in his 20s by a blindingly painful and merciless ‘disease called depression’ as Tabitha put it on Facebook over the weekend, a kind of relentless torture in the brain for him, and despite very fine doctors and a loving family and friendship network . . . , the pain became overwhelming and unyielding and unbearable at last for our dear boy, this young man of surpassing promise to our broken world.”
INSIGHTS: A new year can be tough, professionally and personally. If you or someone you know is in crisis, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or text HELLO to 741741. Both are free and confidential. Source: National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Link.