Suicidal Ideation, 2020

Thinking about ending your life could be evidence for a mental health condition, but it doesn’t necessarily mean you’re broken. It could mean you’re human. As someone who works in mental health, I have experienced a continuum of where people fall on a map. There is a range of severity, duration, and several qualitative measures to determine where people are. There is a passive ideation, like, “God, this world is hard, just take me in my sleep,” to “Fuck, I think today I will walk out into traffic.” These are two different places. There are places in between and on the other side. It can be a daily struggle. It’s…