{"id":4131,"date":"2012-09-19T08:44:16","date_gmt":"2012-09-19T15:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=4131"},"modified":"2012-09-19T13:57:01","modified_gmt":"2012-09-19T20:57:01","slug":"trauma-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2012\/09\/19\/trauma-warning\/","title":{"rendered":"In Search of Lost Time<\/em>: Trauma warning"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the last few weeks I was invited to speak at suicide prevention events. The queer community has some of the highest self-harm rates in comparison to other demographics, especially youth. It\u2019s important that we talk about issues surrounding mental health and self-harm. Part of the problem is the deeply rooted social stigma attached to mental health and the common usage of abilist language in the everyday vernacular. These elements drive mental-health issues into the shadows where people suffer in silence.<\/p>\n

I regard my mental health everyday. Sometimes I am unsure if I will make it through my day in the same condition I started in. I smile a lot and exude confidence in public, but in the privacy of my mind I think about the stares, whispers, overheard comments, and ridicule that lure out the deep voices in my mind that whisper the dark thoughts of suicide.<\/p>\n

I quickly distract myself with my Rubik\u2019s Cube, mathematics, or sometimes I just cry. I wonder if some day these thoughts will triumph over me in a time of weakness, but I am strong, and I have friends and loved ones who love and accept me without condition.<\/p>\n

To solve the issues of suicide we must begin to create accepting environments for everyone to enjoy and manage discourses that encourage discussion of mental health without shame.<\/p>\n

This may seem impractical due to our nature to create difference and social hierarchies that are built upon marginalization and clique environments. I have hope that we will evolve socially and intellectually, and abandon primitive ideologies of inequality, as they only serves to harm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the last few weeks I was invited to speak at suicide prevention events. The queer community has some of the highest self-harm rates in comparison to other demographics, especially youth. It\u2019s important that we talk about issues surrounding mental health and self-harm. Part of the problem is the deeply rooted social stigma attached to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,11,80],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-columns","category-issue","category-september-19-2012"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t