I love how they have $20 million for new ideas but not to increase mental health support. : Veterans

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/05/25/va-offers-20-million-prizes-new-ideas-reduce-suicides-among-veterans.html

Seen this made me lose my mind. I’ve been going on nine months back-and-forth with the VA to get mental healthcare because my mental health is deteriorating. I keep getting told you don’t look so bad and you have great advocacy skills so your mental health cannot be that bad.

It took me nine months and I had a full on breakdown with a provider that I thought was going to be my permanent therapist only be told this is a short term program and then they send me on my way to be referred out to the community to finally get long-term care.

you want to lower suicide rates? Listen to us when we have problems and start finding ways to get us into the community if you’re backlogged.