I’m passionate about mental health because I’ve struggled with it my whole life, and a lot of my family has. For example, my dad [completed] suicide when I was one year old. Since it has affected my life dramatically, I see how it affects other...
Through these past four years, I’ve noticed that something was off, but I didn’t really know what it was because mental health wasn’t talked about as I grew up through elementary school. Even in my home, even in middle school, it was never something...
Growing up in my family, mental health was a very common topic. It is something that runs in my family, and something I have dealt with every day since before I can remember. Naturally, I became a very big mental health advocate because of this, though I didn’t...
I have experienced points in my life where it felt like suicide was the best option. I have experienced the hopeless feeling of having no reason to keep living. I never want anyone else to experience that. I still struggle with my mental health, but I want people to...
For a lot of people, suicide seems so distant from their reality until it’s the reason why someone they love isn’t here anymore. So many people, including teenagers, take their own life after feeling alone and hopeless for so long, long enough that they...
At the heart of the Zero Reasons Why Campaign is the conviction that removing mental health stigma and preventing teen suicide takes the efforts of an entire community. Our second campaign pillar – “Build Community Support” – describes not just a tactic, but a belief...
