I was ten the first time i tried to kill myself. I don’t even remember why, exactly. But I do know that it wasn’t “serious” enough (how can a ten year old make a serious attempt?) to do any real damage, and I was able to hide that I’d done it. And I knew to hide it because I knew, even back then, that you Did Not Talk About It.
I’m not a fan of religion for a number of reasons, but a big one is because I grew up in the kind of religious environment where being unhappy was considered a moral failing. If you […]