Texas GOP’s bills targeting transgender children have exacted a mental health toll, even if they don’t become law
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Transgender rights activists gather outside the entrance to the House floor on May 23, 2021.
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In the days leading up to the murder of little Greyson Kessler, the boy’s father threatened his mother repeatedly, warning her not to make him angry and secretly placing a GPS tracker on her car, according to court documents.
Arrested Strawberry Crest High School teacher died by suicide, records show
Hillsborough Sheriffâs official said he solicited nude photographs online from an undercover detective posing as a 14-year-old boy.
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Anthony Michael Peace, 37, who was arrested last week in an online child predator sting, died by suicide on Thursday, officials say. [ Hillsborough County Sheriff s Office ]
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Here s why talking openly about mental health issues can go a long way
Heather Loeb
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I’ve struggled with mental illness for a long time, but it wasn’t until after having kids that it worsened and things got scary.
My doctor and I butted heads about breastfeeding while on antidepressants. I stopped breastfeeding, only to be met with post-weaning depression, with which my psychiatrist was not experienced. I tried to find another psychiatrist, but my insurance only covered a couple in the area. So I stuck with him. What choice did I have?
He prescribed different antidepressants, anti-psychotics and benzodiazepines, but it was pricey about $300 a month for just one of the medications. I spent a lot trying to find the right drug. Desperate, I abused my anxiety meds, because I felt nothing was going to work.
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Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs said that s where everyone can help out. Suicide is one of the things that we don t like to talk about, obviously, but it s something that we need to talk about, Mayor Jacobs said. Just because you can t see a problem like we can if we have a physical ailment, doesn t mean that it s not there and it s not real.
Jacobs said no matter what happens, it s important to remember that there is always hope. If you don t go on, you re never going to know what tomorrow might hold, he said. There s a lot of people out there that really do care, that really do love you and want to help and want to love on you.