I’m not sure. I’ve never gotten tested or diagnosed for it so I’m reluctant to say one way or the other. 

“As long as you’re here, and as long as you’re trying, and as long as you’re fighting every day, and you’re loving people to the best of your abilities, who cares”

 
JSE Edit Week 2: Heartfelt Moments


From: The Trevor Project Charity Stream


There have been 2 mass shootings in America over the last few days and every time I see one of these in the news I feel sick to my stomach. Such awful, unnecessary and avoidable tragedies. People’s lives ended forever because of some sick minded people who should never have that much power in the first place to do that much damage so easily.

Something has to be done. Leadership need to take charge and stop spouting the same bullshit over and over again, while not actually implementing change. Laws need to be rewritten or changed or new laws brought in to make this type of event harder to enact. Media need to stop circle jerking these events for clicks and views and exploiting tragedy for gain. I dunno man just SOMETHING. It’s horrifying to think these types of things still happen in 2019.

Through my job I’ve talked to so many people who tell me they can’t afford to seek mental healthcare, or the providers in the area are too busy. We need to offer more psychiatric care to our people, for free. There needs to be more clinics, more staff, easier ways to reach out for help.

Banning all guns isn’t the issue, either. Our way of providing permits and licenses is. A simple computer background check only tells you they’ve never committed a crime YET. We need thorough checks. You should be interviewed by a detective and a psychologist. Your family and friends should be contacted for references. Talk to their coworkers, their past employers and lovers. Understand them as a person, not just a few pages of an application. It shouldn’t be so easy to get a permit. If we can spend so much time and money fighting a “war on drugs” (which should not be a criminal matter, but a mental health issue), we can find the time and funding to keep guns in the hands of responsible people.

I feel like every time politicians discuss the issue they become far too polarized. One side screams take all the guns, the other screams mental health. We need a middle ground. We need sensible gun control laws, and a mental health system that isn’t corrupted by corporate greed. And we need to stop fighting amongst another in America. Every time we discuss this it becomes a political fight, and the discussion becomes two sets of extremists that refuse to agree on any part of the issue.

Underline Page Links! 

Under the cut!! ((I hope I got all the links right!!))

Part 2 here: http://underlineau.tumblr.com/post/137809629891/

Part 4 here: https://underlineau.tumblr.com/post/153386824696/