"The truth is that mental illness can be deadly, and suicide is the end result of ongoing symptoms...."

“The truth is that mental illness can be deadly, and suicide is the end result of ongoing symptoms. Cancer kills when it spreads so much that the organs can’t function. Mental illness kills when the urge to die becomes louder than the urge to live.”

- Juliet Escoria, True Life: I Married Scott McClanahan (via thatlitsite)