[Don't] Call Me Crazy: 33 Voices Start the Conversation about Mental Health

by Kelly Jensen

Standing there, I wonder—as I sometimes do—if people think of suicidal ideation as thoughts that are obviously sinister. If they assume the voice comes in a snake hiss or a demon’s warped bass. Does it occur to them that it could sound like the friend who nudges you at a bad, crowded party and whispers, conspiratorially, “Hey, let’s get out of here.” Do these women consider how well you have to know yourself to see that moment for what it is and whisper back, “You are not my real friend.”