Those deaths were foreseen and therefore intended, as a necessary consequence of putting 40 million people out of work and scuttling the best economy this country has had in 60 years.
I know as conservatives we believe that personal responsibility is huge and to blame other factors for one’s shortcomings is too often a copout.
But too many kids are stuck in with God knows what kind of parents.
God has not been brought into a lot of their lives so they don’t turn to him.
And to be perfectly frank, I think i’m fairly tough. Ex boxer even though I wasn’t that good :)
but the past several days my depression was worse than it has been in 30 years.
It got me a little nervous but I have a good family and I talked to them.
And I have Free Republic where I can converse with God loving, conservative thinking folks that are even up in the middle of the night :)
and I feel fine today.
I pray others find important venues to turn to.
These dems are murderers and nothing else
Some have nowhere to turn.
“Democrats Are STRANGLING Small Business On Purpose, Ignoring Science, Birx SHOCKED Lockdown Failing. Fauci has said its time to reopen and every state has begun to do so yet still many Democrats insist on extended citywide or even statewide lockdowns. Now Dr Birx is asking the CDC to investigate why it is that cities still under lockdown are seeing covid cases remain steady. It seems that not only is the lockdown not helping it may have even backfired.”
-Tim Pool
Trust me, folks. Suicides are a feature not a bug of these shutdowns. Leftist democrats want to kill as many people as possible while also consolidating as much political power as possible.
JoMa
I guessed that this was happening because of the increase in mental health warnings I have been getting in my email. Why all of a sudden is everyone giving hot line numbers to call and so on?
“I think people have found themselves disconnected from the normal supportive networks that they have, churches and schools and book clubs, you name it,” Tamura said. “And that, coupled with the closure of some counseling services, people were maybe in a little bit of shock.They were trying to weather the storm a bit but as that isolation has grown people have come to realize this isn’t a sprint it is marathon.”
You can’t Zoom or FaceTime a hug, or a hand to wipe away the tears.
When I saw the original article about this I reflected on it. I realized that I but one instance, to console a friend who lost her dog, that I hadn’t hugged another person in almost 3 months.
I have had a couple of rough days where being at my office would have helped, being able to walk to the library or to meet a friend for coffee Outside of the house would have helped.
I thank God daily that I have a stable job and can work remotely.
I have no forthcoming invites to showers, weddings, birthday or graduation parties. Yes I am saving money, but I love finding great gifts and cards and wrapping them up. I look forward to these events. At least I can participate in mass now.
I have also broken a couple of social distancing rules to ensure my mental health has stayed intact.
Isolation is depressing and exhausting and the continual pushing back dates is wearing. I have good supports and people genuinely concerned about my wellbeing. Some only had the employer that let them go.
But before CA can decide to reopen in order to reduce the number of suicides, Gov Gruesome first wants to find out if those people registered as republicans or democrats.
Newsome is high fiving his staff.
Your state. Your governor.
Economic devastation tends to cause that.
Hey, it’s California. And (if they vote) nearly all the suicides are probably of Democrat voters. So, if it works, don’t fix it!
But, of course, I’m the one who advocates each prison cell be equipped with a rope and a step-stool, so criminals can have a CHOICE.
Imagine what it’s like to suddenly lose your job or business with little hope of recovering it. They tell us we now have a chance to enjoy our families and do interesting things like learn pottery or learn how to code. What they don’t tell you is what it feels like to lose the ability to feed your family. They don’t tell you what it feels like to lose your car. They don’t tell you what feels like to lose your home. They don’t tell you what it feels like to slowly become to believe you are worthless. But it’s ok because you’re “non-essential”. Multiply this by the 37 Million who have lost their jobs not because of the virus but because of the lockdown.
In the long run “Safer at Home” is toxic. It had a purpose in the beginning, like a strategic retreat, to get grip on what was happening. Now it’s time, past time actually, for it to go away.
Something Judge Jeanine said in her “open” last night was a bit chilling to me. She was rattling off a list of life-threatening issues resulting from the lockdown. One was that battered women have been locked inside with their abusers for three months. I worked with abused women years ago, and this really hit home with me.