User blog comment:UnderAPineapple/Suicide Prevention Day - Sept. 10 (What We Need to Hear)/@comment-26485526-20180911183046/@comment-26485526-20180912024458

I actually want to end my bit here with a really great quote I heard yesterday, that I think we all need to hear, especially in this digital age. I have actually heard Phillip speak about this before, mentioning that people online try to make themselves appear as happy and perfect as possible, and I hope that reading through this, and thinking about suicide, depression, mental illness, helps the truth of the below quote ring through (as well as this quote from the same person "Getting help, reaching out, that does not make you weak, and fuck anyone else that perpetuates that ridiculous idea.") But yeah, here's the quote I referred to:

"Something that is not unique, that's personal struggle. Those feelings of being alone, lost, trying to overcome something that sometimes feels impossible to get past, that's actually connective tissue to so many other people."

- Phillip DeFranco