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- Aug 30, 2018
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Here are the news articles, one on Yahoo and the other one on USAToday reporting about a mass shooting survivor committing suicide.
To start things off, it is indeed a tragedy and condolences to the family as well as her peers and the people who know her. The gripe that I have is the fact that news media further stigmatizes mental health issues and of course, the usual tactic, oh let's ask someone who is truly suicidal if they are suicidal (if they have a method, if they have plans, if they have a date and time), because that'll get them to open up and we can get him/her help! Yay, we feel good about saving someone and making their lives worse, but it doesn't matter as long as they are alive! reeee. /s
(Hint: Help is basically locking said person up against his/her will in a psych ward, force treatment and drugs on said person, then after some time, when said person is released, the person is then saddled with medical bills and debt, then has a mark/stain on his/her record. Also, said person's life is ruined as a result of such intervention, financially, career-wise, educational, social life, and more.). Ugh, this is not the way to approach this issue and if anything, it's no surprise that said person didn't open up for the fear of ALL this bullshit happening. Then people act fucking surprised that she died. No shit sherlock, who the hell would open up and get fucked over like that? Certainly not someone genuinely suicidal. To be fair, maybe she didn't want to die, but nobody except her knows for sure.
Oh and finally, to add more insult to injury, they pasted the usual suicide prevention information at the end of both articles. Disgusting (but I guess it's the obligatory procedure of news reporting...)
To start things off, it is indeed a tragedy and condolences to the family as well as her peers and the people who know her. The gripe that I have is the fact that news media further stigmatizes mental health issues and of course, the usual tactic, oh let's ask someone who is truly suicidal if they are suicidal (if they have a method, if they have plans, if they have a date and time), because that'll get them to open up and we can get him/her help! Yay, we feel good about saving someone and making their lives worse, but it doesn't matter as long as they are alive! reeee. /s
(Hint: Help is basically locking said person up against his/her will in a psych ward, force treatment and drugs on said person, then after some time, when said person is released, the person is then saddled with medical bills and debt, then has a mark/stain on his/her record. Also, said person's life is ruined as a result of such intervention, financially, career-wise, educational, social life, and more.). Ugh, this is not the way to approach this issue and if anything, it's no surprise that said person didn't open up for the fear of ALL this bullshit happening. Then people act fucking surprised that she died. No shit sherlock, who the hell would open up and get fucked over like that? Certainly not someone genuinely suicidal. To be fair, maybe she didn't want to die, but nobody except her knows for sure.
Oh and finally, to add more insult to injury, they pasted the usual suicide prevention information at the end of both articles. Disgusting (but I guess it's the obligatory procedure of news reporting...)