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You see my smile, but do you see the pain behind it. 

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Show your friends and your family members that you care.

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I am a suicide survivor.

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Mental health conversations have gone a long way but we’re not there yet. This is evident by the huge losses we had this week.

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Enough with the bashing of celebrities and people who struggle just like us, because we feel that they have it ‘too good’ to have internal darkness and struggles. 

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It’s important to talk about why suicide attempts and ideation occur. It’s important to destigmatize the suffering of those who may be shouldering their pain in silence. It’s important to be mindful of how we treat those who choose to share their struggles and to be mindful that not everyone may be as open in coming forward or reaching out for help. 

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This Twitter user lost a friend to suicide recently and decided to share their last texting conversation that, in hindsight, reads like a cry for help.

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Even if you laid by their side for 48 hours and listened, and held them and loved them through the nights and did it all “right” you still couldn’t have saved them.

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Not everyone is buying Logan’s video, that’s for sure. But can you blame them? It all seems a little convenient.

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Until we all acknowledge the seriousness of not only the devastating feelings and embarrassment of becoming suicidal, but the long lasting scars of the people who witness a suicide of someone close to them, nothing will change.