Hi Sean, its very thoughtful of you to break it down the way you did. peace and love to you and all the best.
On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 8:45 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Hello Sean - > > Very glad to read your post here. > > There are only a couple things that may be useful to address here, but > chief among them is gratitude for your open discussion of depression. > > Culturally we too often stigmatize depression, anxiety, and a whole host > of other conditions, unable to talk about them as easily as we talk about a > broken leg or other more strictly physical things. > > I believe every conversation about such conditions is a force for good in > the world, making it easier for folks to express their own stories and for > others to understand what the experience is like to be able to become more > effective in supporting our friends. > > We don't always get it right, but through healthy open dialog we can all > learn how to be of ever better service to one another. > > > > > I’ve not been able to face anyone or anything. I was not happy that > > the police had been called. I was not happy that my wife found out > > that way. I was definitely not happy that people had tried contacting > > my 14yr old son after cyber ploughing my social accounts. > > That last part might have been me, and if so I owe you an explanation: > > Through friends and family I've had experience with both suicidal ideation > and actuality, so like many here I took your words quite seriously. > > Somehow from that experience something in my instincts told me you'd be > okay. Still, as you probably know, the common protocol for anyone > encountering such ideation is to respond as though it's a likelihood, > because the stakes cannot be higher and it is something for which there is > no Undo. > > I tried to follow my instincts, but a nagging doubt had me checking > regional news sources in case I was wrong. When several days had passed > and I'd found nothing relevant that was good. But I also saw nothing from > you online, not even on LinkedIn; I log in daily anyway, and when you post > there it's normally a welcome part of my feed. > > On LinkedIn your company is listed as having two employees. You and I are > already connected, so I took the liberty of clicking "Connect" for the > second one, in hopes that I might ask only whether they've been in touch > with you recently. > > I did notice that the other Pi employee has the same last name. I had > assumed it was your brother. If that was your son I certainly meant no > intrusion, nor would have written anything alarming. > > As it is the request was never responded to, so I've had no contact with > anyone on this until replying to you now. > > > > I've had my own challenges with family and such in recent years, so I have > at least a sense of some of the burdens you've faced. I know how sometimes > things can be overwhelming. I'm glad your here, both on this planet and on > this list. And as you've seen, no matter if you may not notice yourself, > you've made enough of a strongly favorable impression among the others here > that they see you as part of their extended family, happy to lend a hand as > they would any good neighbor. > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World Systems > > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
