A Legend In His Own Minefield

A Legend In His Own Minefield

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Hello. Suicide Prevention Hotline...Can You Hold?

Hello. Suicide Prevention Hotline...Can You Hold?

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John Mendelssohn
Jan 29, 2010
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Over the years, a long succession of psychotherapists have suggested that engagement in volunteer work — focusing on the misery of others for a change — might make me less prone to the debilitating depressions to which I’ve been prone since childhood. I signed up a few months ago to be a Big Brother, but talking to the 14-year-old with whom they tried t…

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