{"id":4249,"date":"2021-05-18T23:48:09","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T03:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quisutdeusblog.com\/?p=4249"},"modified":"2022-09-18T17:07:44","modified_gmt":"2022-09-18T22:07:44","slug":"mental-health-awareness-kate-marsh-life-is-strange-and-suicide-awareness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/quisutdeus\/2021\/05\/mental-health-awareness-kate-marsh-life-is-strange-and-suicide-awareness\/","title":{"rendered":"Mental Health Awareness: Kate Marsh (Life is Strange) and Suicide Awareness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\r\n<\/head>

Love and peace to you all. May is Mental Health Awareness Month and is a time for us all to be honest about the struggles we face. While I\u2019ve never struggled with suicidal ideation, it\u2019s still a topic that I want to encourage us all to discuss more, if only so we can give encouragement and validation to those who need it.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

To this day, I\u2019m still mourning the loss<\/a> of my former high school classmate Will, who tragically took his life in 2013, just a few months after we\u2019d graduated. Listening to this song from Eurythmics, \u201cAngel\u201d, recently opened up all of those emotions for me. It doesn\u2019t help that Annie Lennox wrote this in honor of her aunt, who took her life at the age of 57.<\/p>\r\n

<\/iframe><\/p>\r\n<p>The music video nails, to a heartrending degree, the anguish felt by both suicide victims and those left behind. Watching the last minute of this video for me is always rough, knowing that Annie Lennox was hardly acting at that moment. With her heartbroken, heavenward wail, Annie\u2019s eternal anguish over her aunt\u2019s death nailed how loved ones feel in the aftermath.<\/p>\r\n<h3>Suicide Isn\u2019t Selfish<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>I have a great deal of contempt for the belief that suicide victims are \u201cselfish\u201d. Guys, c\u2019mon. We would never tell victims of any abuse that they\u2019re selfish for wanting to end their torment. Suicide victims are no different. Like all of us who struggle with depression, they\u2019re in a constant, daily battle against themselves, a tormentor who they can never escape.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>As \u201cAngel\u201d portrays so powerfully in its music video, yes, the anguish of suicide victims is felt by their loved ones. Does that make them \u201cselfish\u201d though? No, suicide is never the answer. There will always be hope, even in the darkest night. But there\u2019s also no compassion in regarding them with scorn for wanting an end to their pain, a human wish we\u2019ve all carried to varying degrees.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Let us all strive to encourage those suffering in silence, to remind them that they\u2019re valued, and we want their voices to be heard. As others have said, we shouldn\u2019t wait until they\u2019ve taken their own lives before we take action.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>I came across these incredibly insightful educational videos on YouTube from the channel \u201cPsych2Go\u201d, and I highly recommend you all check them out!<\/p>\r\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"9 Signs You have Untreated Depression\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Guns-xzoaVc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"6 Signs of Smiling Depression\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r18UBX9rLdk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"8 Signs Someone is Secretly Depressed\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8F3vfUNDBtM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"kate-s-story\">Kate\u2019s Story<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>(Spoiler Warning for the entire plot of <em>Life is Strange<\/em>)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Oh, Kate. Kate Marsh is one of the most beloved characters from the original <em>Life is Strange<\/em> game released in 2015, and she\u2019s the most prominent Christian character in the game as well. Max Caufield, the protagonist, does what she can to uplift Kate during the first two episodes of the game. In the game, Kate is the victim of constant bullying over a video taken of her drunk and unwittingly under the influence of drugs at a school party.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>As <em>Life is Strange <\/em>is a game of choices, the player has to actively choose how far they go to help Kate. Of course, most players did whatever they could to ease her pain, such as erasing cruel graffiti left near her dorm door and directly intervening for her.<\/p>\r\n<h3>Secret Shaming From Mr. Jefferson<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>There\u2019s a hidden dialogue bit that players can listen to using Max\u2019s rewind ability that drops disturbing hints on the true personality of their teacher, Mr. Jefferson. When Kate goes to him with a plea for help, Max and the player overhear this gaslighting conversation by means of Max\u2019s supernatural gift.<\/p>\r\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jefferson & Kate RARE Conversation | Unique Variation | Life is Strange\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JiL3y5A_5DQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\r\n<p>\u201cKnock off this martyr crap!\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>\u201cStop being so brittle.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>\u201cMaybe this is your way of getting attention.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<cite>Mark Jefferson, \u201cLife is Strange\u201d<\/cite><\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Folks, I present to you <em>What NOT to Say to Individuals Struggling with Suicidal Ideation 101<\/em>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Good golly, he did everything he could to gaslight her, and make light of her depression. What a monster.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>I suspect that there have been many silenced voices who gave up, after their pleas for help were met with cold dismissiveness like this. There\u2019s no empathy or compassion in calling potential suicide victims \u201cattention-seekers\u201d. It takes so much bravery for them to admit that they\u2019re in a crisis. May this world learn to take them seriously.<\/p>\r\n<h3>Saving Kate<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Ugh, and unfortunately, Max\/the player can make the wrong dialogue choices with Kate too, when they try to prevent her suicide attempt at the end of episode two. If the player did all they could to be there for Kate beforehand, they\u2019ll have an easier time talking Kate out of it thanks to them earning her trust. Even then, players can still make unwittingly deadly dialogue mistakes, as shown here.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>(Trigger\/Content Warning: Suicide)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Life Is Strange Kate dies, max gets suspended, kate's grave\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ND6CwSgwplQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n<p>The last thing any person struggling with suicidal thoughts wants to hear is a warning that they\u2019ll get a one-way ticket to Hell for wanting their pain to end. There\u2019s no mercy in this, and it spits on everything God is as our ever-loving Father. Point blank period. Just\u2026<strong>don\u2019t<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Feel free to view this segment below, which shows the loving fruits of Max\/the player being there for Kate throughout the game beforehand and choosing with wisdom and compassion what words to offer her.<\/p>\r\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Life Is Strange \u00b7 Save Kate Marsh (Episode 2: Out of Time)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m5lEsntuaik?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n<p>Imagine the relief we all felt when we succeeded in talking Kate down in the game. Cue the tears!<\/p>\r\n<h3>A Father\u2019s Love<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Ah, I do believe some in-game background is necessary for the final dialogue option in the video above. Max\/the player has four familial options to choose from when they hear Kate mournfully state her belief that nobody truly cares about her.<\/p>\r\n<p>Two choices will save her, and two will doom her. All are dependent on how closely the player investigated the pictures of Kate\u2019s family and the various letters she received from them when she lets them into her room earlier in the episode.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>You see, both her mother and aunt sent her horrifically condescending, vilifying letters condemning Kate for, in their \u201cChristian eyes\u201d, committing willful sins of sexual immorality. This, despite Kate clearly acting out of character in the video, which they chose to ignore. If the player tells Kate that her mother loves her, it nigh-guarantees that Kate will end her own life, believing that her mother thinks she\u2019s bound for Hell.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>On the other hand, the player can also read a tenderhearted postcard from Kate\u2019s father, and oh, my heart\u2026<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\r\n<p>\u201cAnd the light shines in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>-John 1:5<\/p>\r\n<p>Katie, you\u2019ll always be my brightest light against the dark.<\/p>\r\n<p>hugs n\u2019 love<\/p>\r\n<p>Pop<\/p>\r\n<cite>Richard Marsh, \u201cLife is Strange\u201d<\/cite><\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>This <\/strong>is how God sees and speaks to His children struggling against suicidal ideation and depression. No condemnation, no scorn, only deepest compassion and unconditional love. Richard Marsh\u2019s love for his daughter can be one of the things that saves her life if you mention him to Kate.<\/p>\r\n<h3>Bonus Kate Scenes<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Max\/the player gets to check up on Kate as she gently recovers from her trauma in the town\u2019s hospital. It was such a relief seeing, as a player, just how truly happier this beloved child was!<\/p>\r\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Life Is Strange Episode 4 MAX VISITS KATE MARSH IN HOSPITAL | Dark Room\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5L6UuWDHFyI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n<p>And for added heartwarming points, when Max tries to fix the entire timeline with her powers, she finds herself back in her classroom, one of the very first scenes in the game. With her newfound knowledge, she can give Kate some incredibly uplifting words.<\/p>\r\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Life is Strange Episode 5 Going Back and Comforting Kate\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oU2s1i6G40Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\r\n<p>\u201cAlways remember that you\u2019re not alone. I\u2019ve got your back, no matter what happens. So do a lot of other people. We all care, we\u2019re all here for you. You need to know that.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<cite>Max Caufield, \u201cLife is Strange\u201d<\/cite><\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Can you feel the raw empathy and compassion behind Max\u2019s words to Kate here? This is what those of us struggling with depression need to hear in our darkest moments. So often, we feel alone, but when God and others remind us otherwise, that tenderness can quickly pull us back from the brink of despair.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"remember-your-worth\">Remember Your Worth<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>We humans, in the grand scheme of time, can only see what\u2019s in the present. Especially compared to God, whose eyes will always see beyond our reach. I can attest from personal experience that because we can\u2019t see the future, leaving it unknowable, we can fall into a certain kind of despair. Fear of the future is like drowning, with no hope of making it to the surface. It\u2019s a suffocating feeling and something that we believed Will suffered from before he made his tragic choice.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>When we can, we must let ourselves try to see our lives through God\u2019s eyes. We each have a purpose, put here for a loving reason, as God intended. May this joyful song from <em>The Prince of Egypt<\/em> remind us all of this truth!<\/p>\r\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Prince of Egypt (1998) - Through Heaven's Eyes Scene (3\/10) | Movieclips\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sDEWZnPJGRU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3>You Are Not Alone<\/h3>\r\n<p>8 years after we lost <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/quisutdeus\/2017\/02\/gods-mercy-for-suicide-victims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\" decorated-link\">Will<\/a>, and after coming to terms with the reality that I\u2019ve also dealt with depression for a large part of my life, I think I\u2019ve finally begun to empathically understand what he suffered. When we fight against depression, we fight a taxing war against all of the lies it tries to feed us.<\/p>\r\n<p>It\u2019s not easy trying to find the superhuman willpower to go to war against our own minds each day. And when our depression lies to us that it will never get better, that there\u2019s no hope in the future, it can be understandably easy to take that lie as truth.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>We may struggle with this for the rest of our lives, but we must always remember, like Max begged Kate to remember in the final episode of <em>Life is Strange<\/em>, that we\u2019re anything but alone. God and so, so many others care about us. I know that it isn\u2019t easy at all to speak and reach out for help.<\/p>\r\n<p>It takes an intense, personal sort of bravery to let ourselves admit that we\u2019re not doing ok. And being vulnerable is terrifying.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>But we are beloved, each of us. No lie, no matter how insidiously it tries, can overcome that God-given truth.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Peace be with you, wherever you are. You are not alone, friend.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"4260\" class=\"wp-image-4260\" src=\"https:\/\/quisutdeusblog.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/05\/jesus-statue-and-verse.jpg?w=967\" alt=\"\"><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"4259\" class=\"wp-image-4259\" src=\"https:\/\/quisutdeusblog.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/05\/gentle-sunrise-and-verse.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\"><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"4278\" class=\"wp-image-4278\" src=\"https:\/\/quisutdeusblog.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/05\/polish_20210517_225443071-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\"><\/figure>\r\n\r\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\"><i>Photos by Connor Brennan<\/i><\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2>Resources<\/h2>\r\n<p><strong>Please don\u2019t hesitate to call these hotlines if you or somebody you know needs help. And remember always that there\u2019s no weakness in asking for help, only the deepest courage.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>(Hotlines taken from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/health\/suicide-hotlines-crisis-hotlines-to-call-or-text-when-you-need-help\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\">this<\/a> list.)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/suicidepreventionlifeline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\"><strong>National Suicide Prevention Hotline<\/strong><\/a><strong> \u2014 988 (Updated new number for the Hotline)<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crisistextline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\">Crisis Text Line<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 Text Hello to 741741<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/oregonyouthline.org\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\"><strong>YouthLine<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0\u2014 Text teen2teen to 839863, or call 1-877-968-8491<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.childhelp.org\/hotline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\"><strong>Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0\u2014 1-800-422-4453<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehotline.org\/help\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\"><strong>National Domestic Violence Hotline<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0\u2014 1-800-799-7233<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adwas.org\/hotline\/national\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\"><strong>National Deaf Domestic Violence Hotline<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0\u2014 1-855-812-1001<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rainn.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\"><strong>RAINN<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0\u2014 1-800-656-4673<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetrevorproject.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\"><strong>The Trevor Project<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0\u2014 1-866-488-7386 or text START to 678678<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.translifeline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\"><strong>Trans Lifeline<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0\u2014 1-877-565-8860<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.samhsa.gov\/find-help\/national-helpline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\"><strong>SAMHSA National Helpline<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0\u2013 1-800-662-4357<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><em>Featured Image by Connor Brennan<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p><em>Hello, and thank you for supporting my work here on Patheos! 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