Reaching out
T-Notes
by Robbi Cohn November 13, 2010
http://goqnotes.com/9168/reaching-out/It's been about a year since we lost Christine Daniels, the Los Angeles Times sportswriter who transitioned and later killed herself (read my post column on the topic at
goqnotes.com/4549). After reading the LA Weekly article, I was devastated — perhaps one of hundreds who innocently subjected her to pressure for advocacy. I suspect she would not have wanted us to feel remorse, yet her death, along with the latest bullying-provoked suicides, has once again called me to re-examine the taking of one's own life. But, there's another reason, too.
I know what it feels like to contemplate suicide. I also know what it feels like to attempt suicide and fail. I even know what it feels like to rejoice over that failure (this is the first I've written about it). What I do not know and am currently learning, or not learning, is what it feels like to try to prevent another's suicide.
