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[Tom Glod]

Hi Sean, its very thoughtful of you to break it down the way you did.

peace and love to you and all the best.





On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 8:45 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> Hello Sean -
>
> Very glad to read your post here.
>
> There are only a couple things that may be useful to address here, but
> chief among them is gratitude for your open discussion of depression.
>
> Culturally we too often stigmatize depression, anxiety, and a whole host
> of other conditions, unable to talk about them as easily as we talk about a
> broken leg or other more strictly physical things.
>
> I believe every conversation about such conditions is a force for good in
> the world, making it easier for folks to express their own stories and for
> others to understand what the experience is like to be able to become more
> effective in supporting our friends.
>
> We don't always get it right, but through healthy open dialog we can all
> learn how to be of ever better service to one another.
>
>
>
> > I’ve not been able to face anyone or anything. I was not happy that
> > the police had been called. I was not happy that my wife found out
> > that way. I was definitely not happy that people had tried contacting
> > my 14yr old son after cyber ploughing my social accounts.
>
> That last part might have been me, and if so I owe you an explanation:
>
> Through friends and family I've had experience with both suicidal ideation
> and actuality, so like many here I took your words quite seriously.
>
> Somehow from that experience something in my instincts told me you'd be
> okay.  Still, as you probably know, the common protocol for anyone
> encountering such ideation is to respond as though it's a likelihood,
> because the stakes cannot be higher and it is something for which there is
> no Undo.
>
> I tried to follow my instincts, but a nagging doubt had me checking
> regional news sources in case I was wrong.  When several days had passed
> and I'd found nothing relevant that was good.  But I also saw nothing from
> you online, not even on LinkedIn; I log in daily anyway, and when you post
> there it's normally a welcome part of my feed.
>
> On LinkedIn your company is listed as having two employees.  You and I are
> already connected, so I took the liberty of clicking "Connect" for the
> second one, in hopes that I might ask only whether they've been in touch
> with you recently.
>
> I did notice that the other Pi employee has the same last name.  I had
> assumed it was your brother.  If that was your son I certainly meant no
> intrusion, nor would have written anything alarming.
>
> As it is the request was never responded to, so I've had no contact with
> anyone on this until replying to you now.
>
>
>
> I've had my own challenges with family and such in recent years, so I have
> at least a sense of some of the burdens you've faced.  I know how sometimes
> things can be overwhelming.  I'm glad your here, both on this planet and on
> this list.  And as you've seen, no matter if you may not notice yourself,
> you've made enough of a strongly favorable impression among the others here
> that they see you as part of their extended family, happy to lend a hand as
> they would any good neighbor.
>
> --
>  Richard Gaskin
>  Fourth World Systems
>
>
>
>
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