As someone who works on a hotline dealing with difficult health and emotional issues, I found that this article resonated with me a great deal. Even for those without this background, though, I think it offers an interesting insight into this type of hotline as well as the broader debate about mental health and suicide prevention.
"Inside the National Suicide Hotline: Preventing the Next Tragedy" by Josh Sanburn
Published in Time, September 13, 2013
Eric
“When I tell people what I do, they say, ‘Oh, Draper, that must be really depressing,’” he says. “And I say, man, I’m in the suicide prevention business, not the suicide business. What I see every day and what our crisis center staff hears every day is hope. And they know that they’re a part of that.”
ReplyDeleteDo you feel this way about your job?