A Tribute to Sandra Dawson

Sandra Dawson passed away on October 2, 2018. You may not recognize the name, but hundreds of thousands of people have been touched by her efforts on behalf of mental health and suicide, most notably behind the @unsuicide handle on Twitter. With nearly 25,000 Twitter followers and over 26,000 tweets in the past 10 years, she highlighted resources and help for countless numbers of people in the depths of depression. She also ran the unsuicide wiki, which offered those resources in a more static environment. Sandra was 51. Here’s what the Neurocritic had to say of Sandra’s passing: Sandra was taken from this earth by the indiscriminate brutality of metastatic cancer. She died at North Shore Hospice in North Vancouver, B.C. at the age of 51. This horrific experience was not a “fight.” She did NOT lose a battle against the unchecked proliferation of malignant cells. Instead, Sandra saw the final phase of her life a journey. She was incredibly brave while facing the ravages of this terrible disease, and was ultimately accepting of her fate. If you want a proper appreciation and tribute to her life, I suggest you read her entire tribute post. She met her wife (the Neurocritic) back in 2006, through — what else? — her amazing writing: We met in 2006 through our respective blogs, The Neurocritic and Neurofuture. The neuroblogging community was quite small then. Neurofuture started in January 2006 — a blog about Brain Science and Neurofuturism that was a...
Source: World of Psychology - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tags: General Mental Health and Wellness Suicide Depression sandra dawson Source Type: blogs