“My father was a great man. He loved unconditionally. He gave of himself endlessly. Through out his life my father struggled with depression and thoughts of suicide. I was not aware at the time though that he was struggling, as the last time I saw him I was eight years old.”Tagged: Fathers, Unconditional Love, Depression, Suicide
“Growing up for me I experienced some great pain, from abuse, to rape, to even the loss of my own father to suicide. Not only did I already struggle with my own mental illness, but to have these experiences it further my depression to thoughts and attempts of suicide.”Tagged: Pain, Abuse, Rape, Suicide, Mental Illness
“Mental health is a taboo subject. No one wants to talk about something that they can’t see, thus can’t understand. People have this misconception about suicide because society has portrayed to them this corrupt concept thus they believe it. If we change the conversation we can change the way people…”Tagged: Mental Health, Taboo, Suicide, Society
“At the age of 13, I was raped for the first time and then shortly after, the blame was placed on me for a hit list and bomb threat that took place at my middle school right after Columbine. So, I went away into the system from the age of 13 to the age of 18, where I struggled with more self-injury…”Tagged: Rape, pedophilia, columbine, Self-Injury, Suicide
“Sharing my story has been not only healing for others but healing for myself. And I’ve been able to just create something more because I didn’t want people to feel the pain I felt losing my father and the pain I felt struggling with my own depression and attempting to take my own life.”Tagged: Healing, sharing, Depression, Suicide