Let’s Talk: Suicide And Student Loan Debt

The only way I see myself escaping my student loan debt is to kill myself.

I want you to read that again: The only way I see myself escaping my student loan debt is to kill myself.

Reading that sentence gets me emotional. I can sense the pain. I can feel the despair in the words. It creates a tightness in my chest as I hold back tears thinking about what that means. You can sense the burden that is on her shoulders thinking that the only way out is to end her life. Isn't that the most horrible thing you've read?

You want to know something, though? I've read that sentence twice this year talking to readers here on this site.

And the truth is that there are many more people out there than the two readers that reached out to me. People that we haven't necessarily connected with, but maybe will find this article and feel a little weight lifted off their shoulders.

Let's talk.

If you are feeling suicidal, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 or text HOME to 741741.