Suicidal Ideation and the Debt Ceiling

A. Valverde-Galván
3 min readMay 15

TW: Mental Illness

Black background. White text in the middle of the page: “Suicidal Ideation and the Debt Ceiling”.
Black background. White text in the middle of the page: “Suicidal Ideation and the Debt Ceiling”. Image by author via Canva.

If you are living in the US you’ve probably heard about the looming deadline to raise the debt ceiling. About the devastating cuts the GOP wants to implement and the disastrous effects of a default. But what does that really mean for the people who will be affected by this?

I am one of these people and I would like to share my fears as a disabled person.

A. Valverde-Galván