Dear Tumblr,
Personal disclosure: I volunteer as a crisis/suicide hotline counselor.
(Oh, AMA, if you like. I can’t give specific details, and I can’t give my location, but I can answer general questions.)
Here’s what inspired me:
Yesterday I spoke with a caller who mentioned that she had a tumblr, and that she’d received support from people following her when she posted about her struggles with depression. This made me realize something I’d suspected for a while, which is that a lot of teenagers use tumblr as a (semi-anonymous?) social resource. For some people, tumblr is support network. I think this is kinda neat, not weird or lame. Please comment.
