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SWNS
  • 2 years ago
“It was the biggest explosion I've ever felt in my life,” Jazmine Walton says recalling the night she fired a handgun under her chin.

Before January 8, 2023 the 23-year-old content creator lived with undiagnosed schizophrenia which haunted her daily life.

She shot through her lip, teeth and nose but incredibly didn't pass out - but was in a coma for two weeks following two life-saving operations.

Now she openly shared her battle on social media in a bid to inspire others to seek help.

Speaking of the night she tried to take her own life, she recalls: "I looked in the mirror and I saw that there was nothing except blood.

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00:00I'm a suicide survivor, and I showed myself a 45 caliber gun.
00:05I was in a very dark place, and I didn't understand or comprehend what was happening to me at the time.
00:11Suicide is not the answer.
00:13Now that I've been alive for almost a year and some months,
00:17I've learned the importance and the feeling of loving life again,
00:22and I've learned how to love life again, and learned how to handle the dark times in my life.
00:30Green Box
00:50It is OK to go get help.
00:52In my case, I refused the help that was offered to me several times
00:56before actually getting the help I really deserved.
00:59And I don't want you to make the same mistake that I did.
01:02And I don't want you to refuse to help.
01:04There's so many people willing to help you.
01:06Whatever you're struggling with, it does get better.
01:09There's someone out here who's going to help you.
01:11Life will start to turn around to be better than what you expected it to be.

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