Suicides Now More Common than Automobile Accident Deaths

[magical thyme]

8. the closest I came was a couple years ago, when I realized that I'd been

systematically defrauded out of everything I'd worked and saved for, including by the government, and that I was no longer going to be able to provide for my fur and feather family. I was too exhausted to go on much longer, had no way through, and simply was done.

My plans were in place and I had found an avian sanctuary within driving distance, had contacted my pony's breeder and was looking for somebody for my pups when a former DUer pointed me to a temporary solution that has bought me the time to potentially find a way to have a decent retirement with my family intact.

Otherwise I would be one of the statistics.

And yes, the economy is a major factor. But it's more than just the economy because recessions are part of the natural cycle. It's the massive corruption behind the collapse, the systematic and institutionalized fraud, recognizing that everything was a set-up for robbery and that at my age there would be no chance to recover this time, and that I would lose my little family as a result. I could take the loss of everything else, but not them. And I couldn't bear to live to see what would become of them.