May 6, 2021
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May is Mental Health Awareness Month: Words Matter
“Just try not to think about it.”
“Why don’t you just forget about it?”
“When are you going stop letting it have power over you?
These are some of the most prevalent responses; and they are the three that I have heard repetitively, including today.
If people wonder why I have frequent suicidal ideations, they could only understand by taking the time to learn about language instead of thinking they have it mastered. Because words do fucking matter.
