If you are suffering, please get help (for your own sake) [View all]

[steve2470]

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1151

That's our Mental Health Support Group. No, we do not provide professional therapy or crisis services. If you are suicidal, please contact your doctor, family member or friend, or just go to the hospital directly.

There is help available (somewhere, somehow) here in the USA. Yes, it can be hard to find for some people. My understanding is there is a public mental health clinic in every state county/borough/parish in the USA. They usually have inpatient and outpatient services. They usually charge nothing or a very small nominal fee or one based on your income (not $100 or $200 per hour). You can see a board-certified psychiatrist at the clinic and get your medication there (or at least be referred to a nearby pharmacy). There are programs that provide either free or very low cost medication, so that is not an issue.

Bottom line, help is affordable and available (still, thank God). Inevitably someone likes to chide me about suicide. I'm not going to debate this with anyone. I feel how I do, and you feel how you do.

I think many of us already know all this information, but some may not, especially lurkers of this forum. Best wishes to all.


Steve