The coronavirus pandemic has taken a toll on everyone, especially the millions of Americans who think about suicide. This is how one woman is surviving.
– triggered when someone believes a person is at imminent risk of killing themselves – can increase a person's risk of suicide.
"By the age of six I knew that I should have never have been born. I knew that my mom didn't want to have a kid," she said."That's kind of where my suicidality comes from." "He was emotional support for me," said Jess, pictured here with Marty and her husband Jon."When I was having a bad time, he would crawl up on me and lick my face which I don't even like, but I liked it when he did it."The coronavirus crisis has created challenges for many suicidal people that go beyond emotional needs.
Last month, Jess cried because in Denver, where she lives, many homeless people don’t have a safe place to shelter that isn’t fraught with risk of infection. "Leah is my mentor/friend/Jewish mom," Jess said."In one conversation she can teach me how to show up in spaces that are hostile to us, laugh with me about the absurdity of paranoia in a world that has earned our fear, and mom me about whether or not I have eaten enough that day. She is grounding and accepts me 100% as I am, without question."“I feel like she's someone I can always count on to know what is right," Jess said.
When Jess feels overwhelmed, Leah is the one who validates her feelings that bad things are happening. When shegets apocalyptic, Leah helps her distinguish anguish from paranoia. She does not offer mantras about positivity or hopefulness, which are in abundance. She reminds Jess that working toward a better world always matters, even when you have to squint to see it.
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