We hate it here: suicide prevention & systemic oppression - Ep. 3

More of us can feel suicidal than we feel we can say out loud. Systems of oppression are hostile to life, and make us feel like we can’t be here. Our suicide prevention care doesn’t consider how systemic oppression like colonization, capitalism, and patriarchy impacts suicidal ideation. Mainstream suicide care currently centers institutions and police, which can be dangerous and traumatizing. This Suicide Prevention Month, we explore why our suicide care is inadequate, the systemic reasons why people feel suicidal, and talk about some harm reduction tools like mutual aid, moving our bodies, and ancestral practices to keep being here and how we can dismantle these systems to make our planet easier to live in. This episode is not intended as medical advice, but as education. Non-police, non-carceral suicide support and prevention resources: https://www.inclusivetherapists.com/contact#crisis - mental health resources and crisis services phone lines that won’t involve the police https://dontcallthepolice.com/ - community based alternatives to police in your city Purchase the Recovering Under Racial Capitalism Journal ebook Book a 1:1 Decolonizing Recovery Coaching Session with Me Subscribe to our Patreon $3 from everyone viewing would help make this work sustainable! Timestamps 00:00 intro to suicide prevention and systemic oppression 01:50 difference between active and passive suicidal ideation 04:17 suicide statistics 05:54 suicide statistics among LGBTQ2S+ youth 07:09 how colonial patriarchy can make us feel suicidal 13:38 Capitalism’s impact on suicidal ideation 15:17 colonization and capitalism make us lonely 18:48 my experience with suicidal ideation 21:18 The inadequacy of mainstream suicide care and response 31:24 the dangers of police involvement in suicide and crisis care 33:06 alternatives to police-based suicide and crisis care 34:31 dismantling systemic oppression as suicide prevention 34:49 mutual aid and direct aid are life-saving 34:58 non profits won’t save us 37:21 community care saves our lives 39:23 chosen family can help resist oppression 43:01 harm reduction tips to keep on living 43:09 music and media as harm reduction 46:46 leaning on ancestral practices to keep living 47:35 more harm reduction tips 51:11 our existence as resistance 53:34 caring for each other as resistance 57:10 deconditioning from oppression to save our lives 58:24 doing our best to be here :)