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Here is a quote that I find to be truly inspiring to anyone who is suffering or knows someone who is suffering from mental health and / or addiction issues. Sometimes people can't understand what they can't see, feel, or experience. It's stories like this that we share with one another that helps us to empathize with situations that we may not understand. Knowledge is power. It's important that we educate ourselves on what's going on in the world around us.
"It's okay not to be okay, but it's not okay to not ask for someone to back you up. To the families who live with the loss - or losses - of loved ones, they didn't do that to hurt you or destroy your life. They took their lives because they were struggling and in a great deal of pain.
SUICIDE, MENTAL ILLNESS AND ADDICTION ARE THE ONLY ILLNESSES THAT WE BLAME A PERSON FOR PERPETUALLY, BUT PEOPLE DIE FROM SUICIDE JUST LIKE THEY DIE FROM ANY OTHER ORGAN OR DISEASE."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcSUs9iZv-g