Acute Stress Response: flight
By: blackbird [Trigger Warning: Discussion of Self-Harm and Suicide] When I was 11, I wished I hadn’t been born. On a tear soaked page of my Hello Kitty notepad, I […]
Tag Archives: suicide
Depression Is Not Sadness: Junior Seau and Public Discourse on Mental Illness
by: Miriam Mogilevsky A few days ago I came across the story of Junior Seau, an NFL linebacker who committed suicide on May 2. He shot himself in the chest and […]
Victim Blaming: It’s Not About Weakness
by: Derrick Clifton There’s yet another elephant in rooms around Northwestern these days, now that instances of racial and other harassment (and even bullying) have come to the forefront. That […]
