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Chris Thorpe
@piglungs
Nov 16, 2018 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
I had a conversation a few weeks ago. Haven't been able to get it out of my head. It was with a mate who's about 10-12 years younger than me. He volunteers for the Samaritans. I did the same thing for a fair few years, a while ago.

And yes I know anecdotes aren't data, but... ...we'd both done the same thing, at different times that don't overlap. And what's so different about his experience now and mine then? He reckoned 80% of the calls he takes right now are from people in severe crisis because of their interaction with the benefit system...