Once I was on a call for suicidal female. I was talking to her trying to calm her down so that we could take her to the hospital for a emergency psychological eval. She was a drug addict and had a young daughter. Father was unknown and she was at her rock bottom. She told one thing that I have never forgotten when asked why she wanted to harm herself. ' I am afraid of living, I am not afraid of dying" That statement has never left my memory. The human condition is so complex! I have often said it is the most interesting and frustrating part of my job.
