Teens Who Attempted Suicide: What They Learned Could Be Important for Other Teens and Professionals to Know
I interviewed three young adults who had each made serious suicide attempts as teens. The attempts included taking an overdose of drugs, jumping off a cliff, and self-cutting. All three were hospitalized after the attempts. From their attempts and the aftermath, these...
What We Learn from Works of Fiction
A person can learn much from observing others, even fictional others. I had that thought when I watched a TV show based on a true story. At the end of a series of psychopathic acts, a big man attacks a small young woman, Terra, as she leaves her...
Being Easily Influenced
It is a good thing that my high school buddies were not drug users. No one ever encouraged me to use drugs. Being highly influenceable, I might have gone along. Much later, a friend vigourously encouraged me to use cannabis at a party. Persuaded by peer pressure, I...Talking Tough
I have had an urge lately to talk tough. I keep on the tip of my tongue several tough-guy phrases. Here is one: “You talking to me?” I plan to say this with the same verve as Robert De Niro in the movie Taxi Driver. Donald Trump used essentially the same line recently...
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