00:01Hey guys, Sarah here. As you are aware, today, September 10th, is Suicide Awareness Day.
00:08I hope you all are wearing yellow and writing love on your wrist and support.
00:15I figured this being, you know, a good day to talk about suicide awareness.
00:21I'm going to talk to you about my experiences with suicide and attempted suicide.
00:29For a while, back when I was younger, I attempted suicide a couple times.
00:36It was hard. I was going through a lot. I was going through bullying at school.
00:41I wasn't really talking to anybody. It was really hard for me to, you know, do certain things.
00:50Just because I just didn't feel like anyone wanted me alive.
00:54I felt, you know, hopeless. Like, I had no friends. I felt lost.
00:59And it's hard. It was really hard. I did attempt a couple times.
01:07But I just want all of you to know, if you're thinking about it, or if you've tried, that life
01:15is worth living.
01:17You may not feel like it, but it is. And it's worth living.
01:24You would miss out on so many things. People love you. We love you here at SVF.
01:31We don't want to see, you know, anyone hurt themselves or try to hurt themselves.
01:38It's, if you're feeling lost and you're feeling alone, you can always go to, um, SPF, um, our, our, uh,
01:54you know, our YouTube.
01:54You can, um, go to, um, compassionatepeace.org.
02:00There's a lot of people there who are willing to help, um, sharing experiences and stuff.
02:06And I know, I don't know because I'm not you. I can't exactly know what you're going through.
02:11But I understand the, um, the pain that you're experiencing and the fear and the sadness.
02:19And I guess, you know, the best way to say it is there's people out there who love you and
02:25who will miss you and don't want to see any harm come to you at all.
02:32Um, I guess what helped me was I, uh, I talked to my mom about it.
02:39I told my mom about, you know, how I was feeling and she was very upset and surprised.
02:45She had no idea. Um, I talked to a couple of my friends about it.
02:50And, uh, my friends helped me through it.
02:53I did a lot of, you know, soul searching.
02:57And it, it, it was hard.
02:59It was hard to overcome, but you will.
03:03And we're here to help you, um, overcome this low point in your life because I promise it does get
03:10better.
03:10And I promise you will be happy.
03:15You have to find that happiness in yourself, though.
03:18I had to do a lot of, you know, soul searching.
03:20And I had to really, really think about, you know, the people who love me.
03:25And there's, there's people out there who love you.
03:26And there's people out there who care.
03:28And we love you.
03:29And we care.
03:30And we don't, we don't want any of that to, you know, affect you at all.
03:38So, if you're feeling lost, if you're feeling lonely, please reach out.
03:42Don't deal with this yourself.
03:43It doesn't make you weird or a bad kid if you think about this kind of thing.
03:48It just means you want, you, you know, you need, you know, someone to reach out.
03:57We're reaching out to you.
03:58But it only works if you reach back.
04:01We want to be here for you.
04:03If you have any problems.
04:06It's, it's worth, you know, talking to somebody about, even if you think about it.
04:12Even if it's something that my dogs say.
04:15Even if you, you know, it's something you think about.
04:20Even if you haven't even tried.
04:21Even if, even if you, you know, are thinking about it.
04:26You don't, you want to reach out.
04:29And we're here, we're here to help.
04:30Um, and spread your love for those of you who follow us.
04:37Spread love around today.
04:40Especially today.
04:41But, you know, everyday.
04:44Because it's not just a one day thing that people deal with.
04:48This, it's everyday.
04:50It's an everyday thing.
04:52It's an everyday battle.
04:53And we understand.
04:55Um, stay strong.
04:57You're a very strong person.
04:58I know you are.
05:00You can get through this.
05:01I promise you can.
05:03And it's, it's going to be hard.
05:05But you reach out and you will receive.
05:08And we're here to help.
05:09Um, if you need, if you need help, reach out to us.
05:13Reach out to, you know, compassionandpeace.org.
05:17We're here to help people.
05:18There are people out there who want to help you.
05:21We are only a few.
05:23We are only on the internet.
05:24There are people in your life who want to help you.
05:28Go talk to a trusted adult.
05:30Go talk to a trusted friend.
05:33Um, and if there's none of that, talk to a trusted guidance counselor.
05:38Someone you trust.
05:39There's got to be someone you trust.
05:41I mean, if not, there's people on the internet like us who are here to tell you that you're
05:46a beautiful, beautiful person and you're strong.
05:49And you will get through this.
05:51I promise.
05:52Thanks guys.
05:53Make sure to stay strong.
05:56You're all beautiful.
05:57We love you very much.
05:59I love you very much.
06:00And, um, stay strong.
06:05I just wanted to say to anybody out there who's, who've lost a loved one to suicide or, um,
06:15hopefully this video will help you with this and, uh, it may bring you some comfort.
06:20Thanks very much.
06:22Love you guys.
06:24Bye.
06:29Bye.
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