Notices by Kei Kebreau (kkebreau@quitter.se), page 14

I'm seeing a lot of posts about "reach out to your loved ones" and those are def good, 100%.

But some of the posts also kind of imply that if you push harder to reach out you can prevent suicide. It may be true sometimes but not always, and that's not a helpful narrative: it sends the wrong message that you *should* feel responsible for someone's suicide. One of the hardest things about dealing with suicide is accepting: it's not your fault. (cotd ...)

Definitely reach out, do your best, care for those around you. But if you lost someone, it wasn't your fault, which is surprisingly a hard thing to accept.

Take care of each other, do your best, be a receptive audience, and hopefully we can all make it as okay as we can.

Good luck out there, friends.

it is well documented that a suicide in a close-knit community can "ripple," especially in the painful, difficult times immediately afterwards. please, please take care of each other.

US suicide prevention hotline: https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ 1-800-273-8255

Trans Lifeline, US: (877) 565-8860 Canada: (877) 330-6366

list of crisis lines by country: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suicide_crisis_lines

i’m having a tremendous burnout at the moment, and i urge you all this:

please take care of yourselves. take breaks. be kind.

your worth is not measured by your productivity.

RIP Tipsy :(