"We are setting kids up for a life of emptiness because they are getting the lesson that they must blackmail people with suicide threats to receive love." - that is so profoundly powerful. Praying the Assmbly listens to you - of course, our D Gov may veto...but thank you for your powerful testimony.
Thanks for posting this testimony Pamela. I have a reflection regarding the argument that transitioning reduces suicide risk. In 1994 I trained, volunteered, and was employed as the crisis line coordinator/scheduler at a well-reputed suicide crisis line in a major progressive and liberal metropolitan area. Of all the suicide crisis interventions and counseling training, while encouraging dignity, respect, and sensitivity to crisis line callers representative of the diverse population of the geographic area, the training or crisis line operating policies and procedures never expressly mentioned gender transition as an effective suicide prevention intervention, rather, it was oriented around interventions designed to reduce risk and/or prevent self-harm, including cutting and other manifestations of self-mutilation evidenced by reports of individuals living with serious and persistent mental illnesses, thought disorders and psychoses. Food for thought...
Thank you for taking the suicide myth head-on. Your voice is an important one - not just for your earnestness and sincerity, but for your bravery to tell what is most uncomfortable to hear.
"We are setting kids up for a life of emptiness because they are getting the lesson that they must blackmail people with suicide threats to receive love." - that is so profoundly powerful. Praying the Assmbly listens to you - of course, our D Gov may veto...but thank you for your powerful testimony.
Thanks for posting this testimony Pamela. I have a reflection regarding the argument that transitioning reduces suicide risk. In 1994 I trained, volunteered, and was employed as the crisis line coordinator/scheduler at a well-reputed suicide crisis line in a major progressive and liberal metropolitan area. Of all the suicide crisis interventions and counseling training, while encouraging dignity, respect, and sensitivity to crisis line callers representative of the diverse population of the geographic area, the training or crisis line operating policies and procedures never expressly mentioned gender transition as an effective suicide prevention intervention, rather, it was oriented around interventions designed to reduce risk and/or prevent self-harm, including cutting and other manifestations of self-mutilation evidenced by reports of individuals living with serious and persistent mental illnesses, thought disorders and psychoses. Food for thought...
I am proud of you.
Thank you for taking the suicide myth head-on. Your voice is an important one - not just for your earnestness and sincerity, but for your bravery to tell what is most uncomfortable to hear.
https://open.substack.com/pub/alegalprocess/p/suicide-still-not-the-leading-cause?r=u2s3f&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Thank you!!!
Hurray! Good for you! So proud of all the work you are doing!!