Good morning!!!!

[jbrumberg]

RNG- It's so sad that people feeling so depressed, so powerless, so trapped, so unloved/unwanted, so angry that they feel that ending their lives becomes the only option. Anti-depressants can actually "activate" the depressed individual enough to carry out their "action plan" that previously was not acted upon because the individual was too de-energized by the depression itself. There can be other more pathological motives as well,.

I had to assess for dangerousness my entire professional career and unfortunately I did lose a few some even purportedly supervised. The DMH regional office tried to hold me responsible for a "swan dive" off a building. The Director even told me that the area office staff and he as well tried, but my documentation saved my @r$e. Ultimately others were found irresponsible.

This old adage as told to my by an old psychiatrist really helped me: "'Jumpers" don't call, and 'callers' don't jump." Many times after the fact those most involved with the deceased find hidden, subtle clues and then blame themselves for not having perceived/understood the clues.

 

[Bird]

This old adage as told to my by an old psychiatrist really helped me: "'Jumpers" don't call, and 'callers' don't jump."

I don't think I've ever heard it said quite that way, but that's been my experience when I was a police officer. I don't think I ever handled an "attempt suicide" in which the (victim?) seriously attempted to kill himself/herself. The actual suicides that succeeded were always people who had never "attempted" before. But I'm sure there's some exceptions to that.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Post holidays are the worst for people in trouble. Charitable giving dries up, family goes back to whatever they've been doing, the weather, even out here, is bad, which shuts people away in their homes, or makes life miserable if they're stuck outside. This county has pretty good services for those that need it, some would say too good as our homeless population is exploding as people come here to take advantage of what's available. At the end of the day, though, people are gonna do what they're gonna do, and unless someone had been told directly that they were thinking of suicide and did nothing about it, it's pretty much on the jumper for the ultimate outcome.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

This is the bridge:

West Branch Feather River Bridge - HighestBridges.com

 

[Bird]

For those of us not from the South, that first experience with authentic Southern Sweet Tea is a real eye opener.

I "assume"? by "Southern" everyone is talking about the southeast part of the country; not Oklahoma or Texas where I've spend most of my life. The one and only time I've been in a restaurant that didn't have unsweetened tea was in Canada. My mother was with us and was diabetic and we ate lunch one day in a place that did not have any tea made that wasn't already sweetened. But every place I know of to eat out, and every Walmart, has both sweetened and unsweetened tea OR unsweetened only and you can add sugar if you wish. Incidentally, I prefer unsweetened myself.

 

[jbrumberg]

I agree with all if you. This is a bad time of year. Statistically things start to "improve" after St. Valentine's Day. Increased and longer daylight hours seems to be a factor. I never liked Full Moon periods either.

A pretty bridge.

Bird- At times I had the honor to work with law enforcement in dealing with the mentally ill (sometimes personally involved in physically restraining agitated individuals). I consider police officers as by necessity armed social workers. Thank you for your service.

 

[PJSprog]

No, Bird, when I think of "The South," I generally think of the east-of-the-Mississippi-south-of-the-Ohio area. All the sweet tea I've ever had in Texas or Oklahoma was similar to what I'm used to here in the St. Louis area; mildly sweet. The stuff they drink in "The South," though ... I don't know how they physically get that much sugar into it and it still remains a liquid.

 

[DABSGT]

Bird- There are only a few really decent barbecue joints around here. Within an 1 to 1.5 hour drive there are 3 that we have found so far. 1 in NY and 2 in CT. Nothing found so far in MA. .

Where in Connecticut?

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[DABSGT]

I have not posted a picture here in years. The tractor. The ribs.

Nice tractor great looking ribs

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[DABSGT]

This is the bridge: West Branch Feather River Bridge - HighestBridges.com

that will do it

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