I am not okay. I hate saying that out loud anymore because I know what happens next: the calls, the messages, the well-meaning panic from people afraid I’m going to hurt myself. Let me be clear: I haven’t had any thoughts of self-harm since that unforgettable day in May. Some might argue that my …
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Let's jump in the "way back machine." Well I hate the plot line of anything that starts with "X time earlier." Yet now I understand this ,so, I'm taking this blog back to the beginning—because I wasn’t always the person I am today. In the last two entries, you've read about …
A patron exhales vapor from an e-cigarette at a store in New York. Juul and other vaping companies face an escalating backlash that threatens to sweep their products off the market. (Frank Franklin II, File) The Independent ( UK) published an OP-ED validating the message that we have been sending out from the castle. …
An article from The Cut says: According to a new report released by the CDC, suicide rates among teens and young adults have exponentially increased over the past ten years — a 56 percent jump from 2007 to 2017. In the same period, suicide overtook homicide to become the second-most common cause of death …
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