Mental Health is so important. RIP Chuck!
Last night a Baltimore Raven Superfan turned to social media in order tell the world goodbye. Only known publicly as Chuck, both on Instagram and Twitter, it appears that he has taken his own life.
- Approximately 1 in 5 adults in the United States experiences mental illness in a given year.
- Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the country.
- In 2019, the suicide rate in the United States was 13.9 suicides per 100,000 individuals. Males were 22.8 per 100,000, whereas females 6.2 per 100,000.
To you All: Stop comparing yourself to everyone else on social media. That will make you think that your life sucks. Social media skews towards a false idea of mass happiness. People show the best photos of themselves, the best moments they experience and usually ignore all the bad.
To Our Politicians: Fund mental health initiatives. Make sure it's easy for anyone to get help regardless of their income. Make mental health a priority, PLEASE!
Poor Ozzy is living in the basement of a home because the tiny human who arrived is allergic to him. He is a kind feline who is safe, but his humans don't want to keep him cooped up. Share his story so he can find a home if you cannot take him in yourself. https://t.co/HqIwVu4O0X
You can’t go to work, to the MALL, to the grocery store, to your church, to the movies or the bank.
You can’t attend a concert, go to a dance class or go to see your doctor. You can’t ring a doorbell, use a leaf blower, hop in a car, pull down a driveway, bounce a ball, or ask the neighbor to keep it down.
You can’t check out a farmer’s market or mail something at the post office or go to a parade, and you certainly can’t send your kids to school without worrying that someone will get shot.
That someone you LOVE will get shot.
Or that YOU will get shot.
This is where we are now.
This is not normal.
And this is not fucking ok.
It’s NOT fucking ok.
In things that make you say “oh that’s interesting,” the Red Sox and Celtics will be playing right across the street from each other at the same time next Friday night in Philadelphia.