Talk To Me – National Suicide Prevention Week

Every year over 33,000 Americans are lost to us from completed suicide, and countless more attempt, struggle, think about it.

HalfofUS.com reports that 1 in 2 people struggle with substance abuse, addictions, depression, anxiety, ADHD, autism, showing us temporary, lose of control, to born and life long challenges to address in mental health in our overall wellness of living.

From LBGT youth coming out, to bullying that affects us all in various ways, to PSD for our veterans, and morning lose of a loved one, economic stress in our current times, and more.

For several years now I have spoken out during this week, with the Trevor Project’s slogan as it real for me

 ”I am proud I failed at Suicide because my life is amazing today”

as I shared my own struggle w/ suicide at coming out several years ago now and then years heading a organization for LBGT youth mental health Project Light – to work with American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Walks www.afsp.org – anti bullying efforts that I am still to this day appearing in MI capital to talk with legislaturs about passing our states anti bullying bill, and talking with communities. All of this came from and only because of one thing, TALKING about it.

Talking to friends to come out,

Talking to a peers,

Talking to counselors,

Talking on national TV, radio, blogs, and event MTV-U as part of a PSA last years that aired nationally due to the work I did with Jed Foundation and partnered message with the Trevor Project to talk about that Half of Us campaign, as 1 in 2 people in their lifetime will struggle with mental health. Talking was all that was done and all that was needed so LETS TALK ABOUT IT.

http://www.halfofus.com/tags/Adam Taylor/Discrimination and Depression: Taking Control

Talking about it to this day helps me, and has helped my friends know to come to me and talk about it.  Talking in the process of life to work with my life having ADHD, and anxiety challenges in day to day living happens to this day in fact just an hour before this blog post was written.

So please join me and countless others in TALK TO ME campaign and hers is the how:

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