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Hip2bSquare

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24. Mental health needs to be as important as vaccines

Reply to My Pet Orangutan (Original post)

Fri Feb 12, 2021, 02:15 PM

Feb 2021

We need to find a way to express how important mental health is in this country. It shouldn't be shunned or ridiculed, but shown as a normal human condition.

A mental health facility or location should've been set up immediately for every single one of those officers and government officials.

It should be mandatory that after something as traumatic as the attempted coup or mass shooting or pandemic that mental health facilities be set up in a physical location or on the phone or zoom, wherever..

May his family and the family of the other officer feel the love and the strength to continue on without them.

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Police Officer Jeffrey Smith, 35, died by suicide, January 15, 2021. [View all] My Pet Orangutan Feb 2021 OP

Wonder what would have happened if he had gone to the ER instead of a "police medical clinic." WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2021 #1

I had the same thought. nt crickets Feb 2021 #27

PTSD from combat no_hypocrisy Feb 2021 #2

Plus possible traumatic brain injury (TBI). Tragic. TheRickles Feb 2021 #14

Terrible. He couldn't make himself go back. BusyBeingBest Feb 2021 #3

So sorry Mrs Smith! So sorry! Wawannabe Feb 2021 #4

The Fucking repubs View Him As Collateral Damage sfstaxprep Feb 2021 #5

RIP, young Jeff Smith Leghorn21 Feb 2021 #6

😢 mzmolly Feb 2021 #7

sounds like he had a cracked bone that no one picked up on. mopinko Feb 2021 #8

He must have had a serious head or neck injury to be in constant pain? Irish_Dem Feb 2021 #9

Horribly sad. Mike 03 Feb 2021 #10

I invite Sen. Hawley to comment gratuitous Feb 2021 #11

Wrenching account. hlthe2b Feb 2021 #12

Ordered back to work? WTAF! BeyondGeography Feb 2021 #13

Seriously PatSeg Feb 2021 #17

That's What Struck Me RobinA Feb 2021 #22

ProPublica just put this report out BeyondGeography Feb 2021 #32

Absolutely right. What strikes me is that he shot himself while the Trump administration was KPN Feb 2021 #29

Heartbreaking. May Jeffrey Smith Rest in Peace and May His Memory be a Blessing. iluvtennis Feb 2021 #15

Very sad. cwydro Feb 2021 #16

From outside, with no knowledge about the circumstances, it's hard to imagine what was driving him. BobTheSubgenius Feb 2021 #18

I have some experience of PTSD My Pet Orangutan Feb 2021 #19

Officer Jeffery & Erin, I have been reviewing videos from that day MagickMuffin Feb 2021 #20

How awful, every day my rage intensifies, but THEY back the blue right? n/t hibbing Feb 2021 #21

You have to understand "RepubliCON Speak" DENVERPOPS Feb 2021 #28

I hope lawsuits can find justice for those that were hurt and inflict financial pain on those.... usaf-vet Feb 2021 #23

Mental health needs to be as important as vaccines Hip2bSquare Feb 2021 #24

I agree. Given what happened on the 6th, there is no excuse for this -- the sheer inadequacy KPN Feb 2021 #30

God this hits me like a punch in the gut... CaptainTruth Feb 2021 #25

So sad, so tragic ailsagirl Feb 2021 #26

Yet another victim of the former Whitehouse occupant MustLoveBeagles Feb 2021 #31

Tragic. I so hope trump & his mob are held accountable. nt AnotherMother4Peace Feb 2021 #33

Ima going to say something that isn't PC flotsam Feb 2021 #34