SUICIDE PREVENTION AWARENESS JEWELRY

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My story goes on, as should yours.

Recently, just a couple of days ago, YouTube star Logan Paul uploaded a video from inside Japan’s Suicide Forest, where they ran across a dead body hanging from a tree. It has since been deleted, but it struck a nerve in me.

Japan (Mt. Fuji) has an entire forest where people go to end their lives.

A forest so thick with trees and foliage that even the wind stops. It creates an eerily dead silence.

And it consumes lives.

Hundreds of them. Yearly.

So much so they have to send in search missions to find all the bodies.

It breaks my heart just thinking about it.

I’ve known two wonderful people in my life that have ended theirs. One, a good friend of mine, 20 years old, piped carbon monoxide from his exhaust into his car and died.

The other, a beautiful woman, such a cheery sunshine soul, hung herself in her father’s pantry.

Truly Gut-Wrenching.

And it’s something that sticks with you forever. I always think about it. There’s no way to avoid it. It’s always the WHY? The What? The How?

And it haunts me

It haunts us all.

When Chester Bennington took his life last year, it was painfully difficult. Linkin Park was my favorite band. It makes me feel empty inside. Lost.

Suicide is Not the Answer

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline:

Call 1-800-273-8255

And sometime in our lives, we are all touched by suicide. Someone we know will kill themselves. And it usually starts with depression.

In fact, it’s one of the biggest risk factors. It’s a mental disorder that most have to some degree. But other factors can include bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, personality disorders, and substance abuse (alcoholism and drugs).

I’ve thought about suicide myself.

Multiple times in my life. I think we all have (haven’t we?) When life gets so stubbornly difficult and stressful, like the entire world is against you… It’s easy to let your mind wander. What if?

But I (You. We.) have to stay strong. Muscle through it. Push on. For things DO get better. The cloud clears. The weight lifts. Light comes back…

For together, we can weather through this and come out the other side.

There are many organizations that can help with suicide prevention and awareness, too. So we are not alone.

Using colors of purple and turquoise, as well as yellow, their ribbons, badges, bracelets and more, can bring conversations and aide to those who need it the most.

Because to Prevent it, we have to be AWARE!

We have to know the signs. Talk about it. Be there. We have no choice.

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline:

Call 1-800-273-8255

Life is Precious

It needs to be preserved. It needs to have a continuing story (hence the ; in all their jewelry).

Because you truly don’t know how many people’s lives are affected, until you open up and converse.

Suicide happens every 15 minutes.

That’s nearly 34,000 people that commit suicide every year. And soon, depression will outpace cancer, stroke, war, accidents, as the world’s leading cause of disability and death (according to the the World Health Organization). That’s insane.

It shouldn’t happen.

Ever!

Because we all have a future. More life to tell.

What’s your Story?