My friend took his life Saturday. He was 31. Had a career he was proud of, a wife who loved him, two kids who needed him. From the outside, he had it all. From the inside, he was drowning and none of us saw it.
That's the part that keeps me up at night. We were friends. We talked. We laughed. He knew what I do for people who are suicidal and somehow, the thing that was killing him stayed hidden behind all of that.
Men are raised to be the rock. The provider. The one who holds it together no matter what. So we learn to swallow the pain, to smile through the cracks, to carry everything alone until the weight finally wins.
If you're a man reading this and you're struggling please, please ask for help. Not because you're weak. Because you're human. Because the people who love you would rather hear the hard truth than lose you to a silence they never knew existed.
And if you're a friend of a man, really check in. Not the casual "how are you." The real "what's going on with you brother." Sometimes the strongest ones are the ones falling the hardest, and they won't say a word until someone asks.
I wish I had asked him. I wish I had known. I wish I had said something. We talked for 30 minutes on Wednesday and I keep going over in my head what I missed. Miss you and love you brother 💔
988 is the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. Free, confidential, and it works. Please use it. Please.
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I’ve gotta be honest.
The 2016 election night when Trump had his shocking victory over Hillary I had never been filled with more hope and optimism for the future.
I was brand new to politics and I saw it as a Mandate of Heaven that the good guys were going to win in the end.
Fast forward 10 years and I couldn’t possibly be more blackpilled on politics in general.
No one is coming to save us, that naive kid who bought into the hype and hope of 2016 MAGA is long dead and gone.
Matt Ryan in 14 years: 7 winning seasons (5 straight), 2 NFC title games, 1 Super Bowl trip, 1 MVP.
Falcons the other 43 years: 9 winning seasons (none back-to-back), 2 NFC title games, 1 Super Bowl trip, 0 MVPs.
Matt Ryan is and was Falcons football. Tired of the disrespect.
@AdamSchefter@fangirlfornfl Kyle Pitts not being top 5 I get, not being top 10 is insane. Bijan 4th is diabolical. The falcons disrespect is getting old
This isn’t justice. 2 children and 2 adults deserve better. 7 others are forced to watch this injustice. Millions of Americans have to PAY for this injustice. I just don’t get it.
Colt Gray, who at 14 became the youngest mass school shooter in a quarter-century when he killed four people at a Georgia high school in September 2024, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. https://t.co/t4uLk3swVF
@Kronykal I normally agree with your takes. This ain’t one of them. Mass shooter at any age…… doesn’t deserve life anymore. You lose that right when you take MULTIPLE other innocent lives. So to answer your question.. no. I don’t think it’s justice. But a firing squad would be justice.