{"id":14989,"date":"2014-11-18T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-18T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mentalhe180dev.wpenginepowered.com\/news\/don-spirit-apparently-needed-help-but-it-never-came\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T08:56:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T13:56:54","slug":"don-spirit-apparently-needed-help-but-it-never-came","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/es\/news\/don-spirit-apparently-needed-help-but-it-never-came\/","title":{"rendered":"Don Spirit apparently needed help, but it never came"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some people think Don Spirit was evil. 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