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Joshua Bassett ‘Had an Encounter With God’ After Suicidal Ideation: ‘Redefining What Matters’

Bassett says he used six baggies of ketamine a night after his 2021 hospitalization and later sought help when he feared he would not survive.

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Joshua Bassett recalled experiencing suicidal ideation in his debut poetry book, Rookie: My Public, Private and Secret Life. “Though I walked out of the hospital miraculously healed, my road to recovery was far from a straight line,” Bassett, 25, wrote in a poem titled “Mom, I think I’m Dying” about his 2021 health scare. “As my life fell apart, I spiraled into suicidal ideation, nearly killing myself with ketamine.” Bassett was hospitalized for…

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US Magazine broke the news in United States on Tuesday, May 5, 2026.
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