Your daily reminder that the United States does NOT have a justice system. We have a legal system. And it is callous as fuck. It continues to trample on the dignity of people everywhere. Especially women and minorities.

Revenge porn is terrible, but as a teacher, I’m struck at the standard teachers are held to (can’t have anything bad happen NEAR you, not just can’t do bad things).

I’ve checked in 3 times voluntarily in the last 15 years. The breaking point for me has generally been a sustained inability to function, not being able to find any hope of getting better and suicidal thoughts frequently. I should add however that I am not in the US. I was checked in with health insurance but I had no …

i checked myself in last year. my breaking point was that I had done everything I could possibly do to save myself, and it wasn’t enough. I got back on meds, I saw my therapist sometimes multiple times a week, I found a new apartment, a new job, I stayed away from alcohol (didn’t want to use it as a self-soother) and…

When you say “staying at home and trying to get through it on my own,” I do hope that includes therapy and perhaps meds? Because if you’re not doing that, try that before you go whole hog into inpatient treatment. Best of luck to you.

Awful, we’re running another Abu Ghraib.  So soon after, too. 

The Old United States would have.
The current United States just does this.
I am convinced we are almost Gilead at this point.

Exactly what I was thinking.
I get that they have to sue to order the oversight, BUT at what point are there criminal charges on a global stage? At what point do the monsters who are doing this shit get held accountable in a public court and trial and convicted of these crimes?
Oversight yes but these fuckers need to…

I’m just going to throw this out there but maybe, just maybe, if you wouldn’t let a dog drink toilet water because it’s disgusting and unsanitary then DON’T MAKE HUMAN BEINGS DRINK TOILET WATER.

Honestly, it depends on what your “normal” is.

Can we try the appropriate parties for Crimes Against Humanity?

Call your representatives. Volunteer on campaigns. Ask everyone you know if they are registered to vote. Repeat.

Not to mention time off work that you probably won’t get paid for, deductibles, time away from responsibilities like kids and pets, family taking time off work. I’ve been through it all with my family. Luckily my dad had good insurance and was in a union but it was tough financially and emotionally for us too.

If this was any other country doing this, the US would be demanding UN inspectors.

...Mot to mention an employer who actually recognizes depression as an illness. 

My thoughts precisely. If only regular folks could get longer-term inpatient mental health treatment, they might be able to truly get meaningful results. But, if you are fortunate enough to have insurance, most plans only cover 3-5 days in a crisis unit, then you have to wait forever to get an appointment with…

Good for Michelle for recognizing that she needs professional help and for being able to afford it. 

Considering that one astronaut Kelly’s DNA was slightly altered when he came back to Earth (but changed back after being back in gravity for sometime), it’s worth figuring out if we’d create a race of super mutants if we fertilized eggs in space. 

Thank god the Space Force will protect us from the dangerous aliens in the future

It really is like one of those “You had one job!” memes, like not only is he almost immediately back to abusing his children, but he’s also videotaping it and releasing it to the public, he might as well have just turned himself in to the cops and admitted to violating his probation.