Depression shouldn’t be a terminal illness. How to tell if your depression is serious, and when to seek care.
What to do—and what not to do—to be supportive, and when to get more help—for your depressed loved one and for yourself.
When Teen Boys Lose Hope
April 30, 2013 By 9 Comments
Hopeless and angry young males can do desperate things. How mentors can stand by in their times of crisis.
Death Wish
April 18, 2013 By 2 Comments
Risky behavior in adolescent males ranges from self improvement to suicidal, but the reward is the same.
Adolescent Humiliation
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First Crush
March 28, 2013 By 2 Comments
When Andy Bodle’s first feelings of love were not returned in kind, he succumbed to desperation.
The Next Life [Book Excerpt: 100 Tricks Every Boy Can Do: How My Brother Disappeared]
February 4, 2013 By 2 Comments
My brother Bret started the next life at forty, when he departed from this world by suicide.
The Grief Performance: Football’s Concussions and Controversies
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The Boiling Point of Aaron Swartz’s Suicide
January 17, 2013 By 3 Comments
Why Did Freddy E Do It? Black Men and Suicide
January 13, 2013 By 21 Comments
Why Black men are killing themselves, warning signs, and what to do if you’re worried about someone.
Preparation to Die
December 18, 2012 By 7 Comments
We Are Not Islands
December 15, 2012 By 8 Comments
How to Help Someone Who Is Feeling Suicidal
December 8, 2012 By 20 Comments
People who admit to having suicidal thoughts are saying, “I just want the pain to stop.”
Diary of a Gay Skinhead
October 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Brotherhood means answering when your friend has the courage to ask. A excerpt from Pedro Serrano’s book, Pride—Diary of a Gay Skinhead, in the Men and Suicide series.
We Don’t Want to Play Anymore
September 20, 2012 By 7 Comments
David Olimpio wanted to be a spy when he grew up. Now he’s glad he left violent games in boyhood, and worries about the men who did not.
Why Are Men Four Times More Likely to Kill Themselves Than Women?
August 28, 2012 By 35 Comments
Rothko at Low Tide
August 20, 2012 By 6 Comments
Given Rothko’s suicide, I found myself thinking about low tide, not in the nautical sense but as the emotional state a person is experiencing when considering ending existence.
“It’s a woman’s job to make her man feel safe — a safe place that doesn’t expect him to do brave things just because he’s a man.”
This is a comment by Kat on the post “A Husband’s Job Is To Create Emotional Safety”.
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