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tacocat  ·  3847 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: "Split Image:" Ivy League Star Athlete; Parking Garage Suicide

That's a good example of the kind of naive outlook I was ranting against. Hugs don't save lives.





thenewgreen  ·  3847 days ago  ·  link  ·  

i never suggested that hugs save lives but rather that there is value in such a story beyond "saving lives." Also, I'd wager that more than once a hug has actually saved a life. In no way am I diminishing the seriousness of clinical depression but I'm also not willing to suggest that this article or others like it are completely vapid.

_refugee_  ·  3847 days ago  ·  link  ·  

lol

_refugee_  ·  3847 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Are you proposing we attempt to help save the lives of the people around us we love, like for example our children, without showing physical affection? Hugs are unimportant because they are not therapy?

_refugee_  ·  3847 days ago  ·  link  ·  

If someone only hugs someone else whom they love as a result of this article, it's completely valueless because well god damn it wasn't medical and/or psychological attention!!!!!

tacocat  ·  3847 days ago  ·  link  ·  

What are you on about? I don't even want to talk about this anymore since you can't seem to follow a thought more complex than "Suicide is bad."

_refugee_  ·  3847 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It's funny. You seem the only one having difficulty.

Quatrarius  ·  3847 days ago  ·  link  ·  

What makes you the designated speaker for depression and mental illness?

tacocat  ·  3847 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I've been through the mental health system for 11 years so I've seen about every reaction to being mentally unstable. Nothing makes me a designated speaker but my loving embrace clinic for depressed teens was DOA.

_refugee_  ·  3847 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Maybe your mom should have hugged you more

tacocat  ·  3847 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  

Maybe your dad should have pulled out sooner

Quatrarius  ·  3847 days ago  ·  link  ·  

WITH NO REGARD FOR HUMAN LIFE

_refugee_  ·  3847 days ago  ·  link  ·  

;)

_refugee_  ·  3847 days ago  ·  link  ·