If hope is your reason to do nothing, that’s delusion. But what is hope? Do you need it? The second half of the episode gets a little dark, but hopefully it’ll be helpful to hear. 

Help is available right away.

The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988 or 1-800-273-8255, 1-800-273-TALK - website

Trans Lifeline: 1-877-565-8860 - website

Links:

FSP 2025: We're Stronger Than the Fire

Is This a Coup?

An Alternative to Hope: Or, The Secret Medicine for When the Thing With Feathers Stop Singing (Emily on Youtube)

Monty Python - Dead Parrot (Youtube)

FSP 2020 episode 8: The Monitor

No Bad Parts by Richard Schwartz, PHD (book)

Rae McDaniel