A blog to help promote mental illness awareness. With more awareness, we can help de-stigmatize mental disorders and become more tolerant and accepting. It's absolutely deplorable how many teenagers commit suicide because they don't think they can talk to anybody because they don't feel that anybody understands or are accepting of what they're going through. I'm by no means a professional, but I'd still like to share what I've learned. If you'd like to share your experiences with mental illness, whether it is from personal experience or something you observed in others, post your story in my Ask Box or email it to me at
[email protected] Please feel free to tell me things you want me to talk about and also, if I make any mistakes, please let me know. I'm here to hopefully help, but I'm also here to learn. Please, just call if you need someone to talk to. Depression Hotline: 1-630-482-9696 Suicide Hotline: 1-800-784-8433 LifeLine: 1-800-273-8255 Trevor Project: 1-866-488-7386 Sexuality Support: 1-800-246-7743 Eating Disorders Hotline: 1-847-831-3438 Rape and Sexual Assault: 1-800-656-4673 Grief Support: 1-650-321-5272 Runaway: 1-800-843-5200, 1-800-843-5678, 1-800-621-4000 Exhale: After Abortion Hotline/Pro-Voice: 1-866-439–4253