Not Your Secret To Share?
You might want to skip this post (about suicide) and read about MPs not knowing what’s going on. Need help? In New Zealand, you can call Lifeline on 0800 543 354. This heartbreaking voicemail recording...
View ArticleSecret Abortions!
You might want to skip this post (about abortion). Need help? In New Zealand, you can call Lifeline on 0800 543 354 or Youthline on 0800 37 66 33. A Tauranga schoolgirl had an abortion “arranged” by a...
View ArticlePunishing the Victims of Suicide
Need help? In New Zealand, you can call Lifeline on 0800 543 354 or Youthline on 0800 37 66 33. Te Ururoa Flavell, Māori Party MP wrote this piece for The Rotorua Daily Post on suicide prevention. He...
View ArticleRed Zone Secrets
Here is something I don’t get. If it is safe for demolition workers to go through the contents of earthquaked buildings before/while/after they’re demolished, why is it not safe for the occupiers?...
View ArticleStories of People With Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Three Australians share their stories of living with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Image credit: Hugo Landau
View ArticleThe Golden Gate Suicide Bridge Documentary
Need help? In New Zealand, you can call Lifeline on 0800 543 354 or Youthline on 0800 37 66 33. The Bridge Documentary “Inspired by a New Yorker story, Jumpers, written by Tad Friend, director Eric...
View ArticleThe D Word
Comparing sadness to depression is like comparing a paper cut to cutting your hand off. I found myself wanting to say the very thing that I dreaded hearing myself. “But you seem so normal.” And the...
View ArticleStop Sugercoating Bullying
The Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta has been running their Strong4Life campaign since May 2011. This is a parody Twitter account, but the bio is spot on. Here’s a selection of advertisements they...
View ArticleUniversity of Canterbury must improve crisis student communication and support
Need help? In New Zealand, you can call Lifeline on 0800 543 354, Youthline on 0800 37 66 33 or find out about other crisis services here. Student communication On 22 July 2016 a woman was sexually...
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