Paper heart

♫zia has added a photo to the pool:

I wanted to do a picture for Suicide Awareness Day. The "love" on my wrist I wrote this morning. The heart is an origami someone randomly gave to me like my freshman year or something.

So, like everyone else, I have a story. I've never shared it publicly, and Flickr is the only place I feel comfortable doing it. I'm not gonna tell you my whole life story, but I will tell you that this day is really close to my heart, especially since my best friend has attempted suicide multiple times. I've been struggling with depression throughout high school and I cut on a regular basis. You can still kinda see it on my left wrist. I've thought about suicide, or at least wishing I didn't exist. I've been feeling loads better now from a combination of therapy, medication, and self-motivation. I've always sucked at self-esteem and stuff like that, but I've been lifting myself up so well for the past week. I hope I can keep it up.

But if you're like me, then... It gets better. Really. I haven't found it all yet, but I know it's out there. That thing called happiness. So just hang in there, cuz there's always someone that cares about you.

And always remember to be kind to others. Though this is a day of awareness, suicide is something you should be aware of all the time, and you should always show kindness through your actions. People you walk past in school struggle with it, maybe even someone you've talked to but you just don't know it.