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Yeah, I'm also feeling suicidal again today. This is now the whole of the first fortnight followed by about five times since. If this keeps dragging on then I will do it. I was already living a miserable life before. Now it's non-stop anxiety and frustration, no joy. No point keeping going if we're stuck with this.

& Also I have the same reaction as other people here... reading stuff like this makes me more depressed and suicidal. I mean, thanks for posting it here Anarchist News, we need to see all perspectives, I don't really bother avoiding triggers anyway. But shit, why are anarchists coming out with this.

The system is killing us by socially isolating and threatening us, on top of already having destroyed our support networks and sources of joy. Then it displaces the problem onto us by saying it's a resilience deficit or lack of the right coping tools etc. You know, there's one modeller saying there will be 800,000 suicides because of this., in America alone Way more than the covid deaths or the lives supposedly saved.

I'm sure these tools are great if used ALONGSIDE living in an autonomous zone, effectively fighting the system, being in nature, having worthwhile projects, etc. If they're used INSTEAD then they're a band aid over a gaping wound. Or taking paracetamol for lung collapse. If people took mental health as seriously as physical health then there would be no lockdown. Ditto if people took physical health as glibly as mental health.

Know would WOULD make me feel better right now? Riots. Smashing some stuff is great for relieving feelings of powelessness and frustration.