hey dude, a couple years ago I was really struggling and left a comment on your page on a post about a friend you had lost. You replied to my comment, it pulled me through and pushed me to get help and on dark days I think about the words you had for me. thank you. you've helped so many of us. theres no question that you care and that your work is important to history and many individuals.
2026-08-27 10:45:18
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IAmButterflySue :
I have a 34 year old son who lives at home with us. He’s a great kid who was gonna be a professional soccer player until he broke a hand in high school and they gave him Percocet. Then a refill. Then wisdom teeth. He became an addcit. Thirteen years of rehab and sober living and detox and repeat. Living hell. He’s on a MAT program now. Handsome. Sweet guy who wants a wife and kids. Been sober since 2019. My greatest fear in life is him dying alone. My older son will be fine. My younger daughter will be fine. But my dying wish will be that he be ok.
2026-08-27 01:07:13
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Rbg1973rw💙 :
Half of this country is painfully and cruelly non-empathetic. We need to do better
2026-08-26 22:07:38
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KurassicPark :
My fiancé’s dad scheduled farewell emails to be sent after he took his own life 6 months ago. My fiancé didn’t receive one. It’s been very hard to navigate.
2026-08-26 18:06:08
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darkbrandonlovesyou :
It’s hard enough to struggle financially when you are young but when you are over 50 it breaks a lot of people. Especially because society makes it so hard to bounce back
2026-08-25 21:49:59
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BrwnEyedBandit👀😉 :
I hired an older man. He worked in office with my boss, I WFH. He struggled so much. Instead of firing him, I asked to move him to a different department that would be better suited for his skill set. My boss is so chaotic that she would tell him things that her and I talked about before I could ever have a conversation with him. One day, I took PTO and came back the next day to learn she fired him without talking or telling me first. No real reason other than “he was almost at 90 days and performing poorly.” He subsequently tried to get a job and a few weeks later, an HR rep called me saying that he called stating a new job was trying to hire him but they wanted a reference from his previous boss (Me) and they had been trying to contact me and I was unresponsive (not true. I even checked my Spam and junk folders for emails relating to him). My HR rep said that it was just something HR tells people to get themselves off the hook when they eventually tell the person they’ve hired someone else. A couple of weeks later, another coworker he was still friends with, said he unalived himself. I feel so bad that he felt that was his only option. I will never know the reason why he did it but I hate that his last thought of me was I may have been blocking him from finding work. Yes, he got on my nerves lol but, I am not heartless. I really wished things went differently and I was able to just move him to a different department. I pray both souls have found peace. ❤️🩹
2026-08-26 12:25:10
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morningsky79 :
He knew you cared. Thank you for caring about others.
2026-08-27 01:30:10
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AmyBeth :
Men in their 50s and 60s are at the highest risk for suicide-higher than teenagers, even.
2026-08-26 02:37:42
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dane - producer & music fan :
Men in their 50s & 60s are so susceptible to suicide. It’s a pandemic
2026-08-26 18:57:32
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jim :
The world would be a better place if we all had empathy like Jeff
2026-08-25 22:28:05
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EllaTee :
I looked him up. Two years ago he did an interview with NBC about being a struggling older actor doing Uber and Lyft to get by. The poor guy was beyond exhausted.
2026-08-25 22:13:25
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theresadickey347 :
on a whole other topic, Mychael the librarian carries around a bag of books and your Tupac book is one of them
2026-08-26 03:03:43
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Lexx :
I worked for a car rental company for years and years, I worked in management and I had a company car. I didn’t pay for gas or insurance. I had employees who would come to me and say they were gonna have to quit because of transportation. When I knew they needed this job. This job that had shit pay, shit hours and not many good managers. I would pick employees up or send other employees already clocked in to collect my staff that needed rides. I was REPEATEDLY being called into HR because other managers thought this was improper. WE HAVE TO HELP WHEN WE CAN! People will show up for you if you show up for them! Sometimes even when we aren’t showing up for ourselves.
2026-08-26 15:09:30
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Allison :
I just looked him up, his mom also took her own life. So sad.
2026-08-27 02:42:28
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lori_is_free :
This sucks
2026-08-31 14:47:16
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Angel Bear :
I am going into clinical social work and the amount of times I have seen people on this app actively struggle with mental health issues and BE MADE FUN OF INSTEAD OF HELPED is insane to me. we have a real lack of empathy as a society anymore and its sad.
2026-08-26 20:03:39
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jessica.rabbity :
He may not be gone. My dad sent an email like this and we found him with the help of police in his car with his gun almost 8 hours after he sent the email . He hadn’t done it yet. He hesitated. Have you had confirmation he’s gone?
2026-08-26 11:52:37
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Rebecca :
Life is really heavy. I'll be 60 in a few years. I lost my adult son when I was 49. I stay for my 2 daughters, my grandkids, and my mom as I'd never want her to feel how I have. I have glimmers of happiness but inside half of me is empty, broken. People say "stay busy," " find a hobby or read a book. " They just don't get it. It's not that easy.
2026-08-26 12:17:15
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Danny Hanson 🔌 :
Nothing corny or cliche about it. Compassion and empathy are the way.
2026-08-25 23:25:41
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Jenn Andrews :
As someone who lives in their car that’s on its last leg after severe cyberstalking and lost pretty much their only friend to self unaliving in May … The amount of emotions experienced from that happening to someone close to you that you were trying to help… it’s a lot…. Hang in there. Hugs.
2026-08-25 23:35:31
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Steve Scott :
Damn how sad. I hate to say it, but the reality is most time people say you can reach out to me if you’re struggling, they don’t actually mean it and the person struggling feels like a burden. Most people aren’t emotionally available to help even if they say the right things
2026-08-25 22:22:48
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klf3am :
I’m deeply disturbed that the suggested search is a template for this kind of email.
2026-08-25 22:45:05
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