Here is a tool we are handing out for free with 3 promises to keep. My hope is The My Life Matters wristbands will help those of us who struggle with debilitating thoughts. Please contact me if you would like one, or to share with others. Praying for you all!

Needing help is not a sign of weakness or sickness. It's just a sign that you are unable to see any solutions in this one moment in time but that is different from the solutions not existing. If you have more in this one moment than you can cope with and you don't see any solution other than harming

you never know what your kindness can do! be nice to people

I just want to relapse -- ive been clean for a while.. So it sucks that its coming on now... I dont know why but I just really want to.. i just MISS it... And... idk.. how can you not miss somthing like that? I loved it.. I hated it.. Its destroying me and I'm just so -- so sad... No ones here ever

I just started this thing where you literally trace your steps back to the first time u were suicidal or cutting or anorexic or anything and then you write the events that led up to that point. Its hard. It sucks. but when your done and you can read your story -- i guess its kinda really freaking

I've struggled with self worth like a lot- that concept of never being 'good enough' has just haunted me.. I'm not entirely sure how to change that in myself-- but i do know that writing is super powerul to me. Once I started writing GOOD things about me, even simple thing like: I have nice eyes--

It's not a cliche, it does get better. It doesn't get perfect, but it does get better. I have been seeing a psychiatrist since the seventh grade. I tried 4 different antidepressants before the eighth grade. Nothing seemed to help. I was discouraged. I was hospitalized for self harm in the eighth gra

The thing about a dangerous relationship, or an abusive relationship, is that it is SO FLIPPING HARD TO SEE. The person starts off kind, sweet, funny, basically-- Perfect.... right??? Nope. Eventually that person changes-- they start to lie they ask you to do ALL the giving and they give nothing i

your scars are beautiful. they are your beauty marks. they have shown what you've been through and what you're going through and that you made it out even stronger than what you were. don't hide them. let them show. i know you cant see it, but you're beautiful.

Life is hard, it truly is, but we learn from these periods, from this we can work to get better, to change. From this mindset, we must escape, but we must never forget it, this undeniably shapes us, and we need to let it make us better, we need to learn from it, it's not easy and it's not meant to b

My form of self harm used to be cutting, in order to stop I used rubber bands, but then my friends yelled at me for that and so I started drenching a sponge, or cloth, in water and freezing it. When the need arises I twist the frozen sponge. It hurts a bit but doesn't break skin. (Idea from couns

If you like poetry, write one about how you feel. Then, give it to someone you trust. Poetry is a window into the soul after all, the person will ask questions (probably) that will open up into discussion.

Honestly? I haven't escaped all the way yet. YET. It's a process, there are good days and bad days. The important thing is to keep trying.

I feel like my voice is bouncing off the walls -- like no one really wants to hear what I say because its.. wrong? Not important i guess... I dont know why. Ive triied to ask for help but people just keep passing by what am I doing wrong?

Hey everyone, I just wanted to share about something that I feel is not mentioned often enough. Abuse in relationships shows up in so many ways, and sometimes it can be very subtle. I was once in a relationship where I was manipulated emotionally and sexually, and I did not realize the abuse that wa

Inspired much?!?!?! BEAUTIFUL HELP ME ITS SO GOOD!!!

I have been through a lot lately. But one thing that helps me the most is realizing that you ARE more than the scars, the pain, the past... I would say I'm pretty recovered but I still have bad days. And that's life. A friend of mine once told me I was their inspiration for always staying calm in ro

How on earth are we as your kids supposed to open up when all parents do is yell and deny. From a 15 year old to a 50 year old - do you mind answering this????????????????????????????????????????????????

My name is Emily. When I was 5 months old I was diagnosed with cancer. They told my parents I wouldn't make it to my first birthday. I, fortunately, was recovered by age of 1. Skipping foward to 6th grade, I decided that I would do anything to be popular. Ive always been a major introvert, which di

This is a selfie of my daughter and I, taken minutes before she competed in a speech and debate tournament with her school team, and it was my first time judging for the tournament. What is it that makes a healthy well-adjusted beautiful young girl with goals, hobbies, friends and a strong family su

Make a promise to yourself to wait 24 hours. Make the promise again the next time.

Sometimes it is hard to believe that life will not always be as hard or as hopeless as it feels at a given time, but the truth is that things will change or you can