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US Federal Communications Commission proposes designating 988 as national suicide prevention and mental health hotline number

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    1. Deimos
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      Agreed, I think it's a great proposal. There's a massive difference between someone already knowing the number they can call when they need to and needing to go on the internet and look it up. I...

      Agreed, I think it's a great proposal. There's a massive difference between someone already knowing the number they can call when they need to and needing to go on the internet and look it up. I hope this motivates other countries to consider doing something similar.

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      1. Omnicrola
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        OTOH, just speaking for myself, sometimes the social pressure of being expected to show up to work is there only reason I have gotten out of bed. And if I had stayed in bed, I would have just been...

        OTOH, just speaking for myself, sometimes the social pressure of being expected to show up to work is there only reason I have gotten out of bed. And if I had stayed in bed, I would have just been miserable thinking about how miserable I felt. So having a job gave be something distracting to do.

        Sometimes that isn't what I needed, but sometimes it is.

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