Research Paper On Project Semicolon
Mental illness was infiltrating my town, my school, my family, and was still being ignored. I would crawl into my bed as my busy school day was clouding my head and decide to open Tumblr, maybe distract myself from the stress, the anxiety, but instead find myself sifting through hundreds of posts from my friends about their own struggles.
“No one would notice if I wasn't there tomorrow”
“Worthless. Might as well just not be alive.”
“I feel nothing anymore.” Suicide, depression, and anxiety were affecting not only me, but almost everyone in my school. Individually we knew, but we continued to overlook, while all of us were suffering. I could not sit there and witness my best friends feeling worthless, feeling alone. So I decided to get up, …show more content…
We eventually raised the amount of money back by selling these extra T-Shirts later, and learned to be extremely organized in our next steps. This organization was immensely successful in our next fundraiser of selling semi colon bracelets, inspired by Project Semicolon, “A Semicolon is used when an author could've ended a sentence but chose not to. You are the author and the sentence is your life” (Project …show more content…
These bracelets helped us reach out in our community and share more about our personal experiences with suicide and mental illness, all while raising more money for our fund. I had many underclassmen and parents reaching out to me daily, telling me how much our presence in the community has opened their eyes about the prevalence of mental illness in our school and town. This filled my heart with joy; this was our goal. Yes, we wanted to raise money to help the individuals and families in need, but our number one goal was to raise awareness. Suicide and Mental Illness is still something surrounded by a large stigma and many people just do not recognize it. It took someone to stand up and start talking about the problems we all face in order for everyone to come together and help the problem. I was glad to be that person, and the whole experience has helped me to grow in my leadership skills, organization skills, and to learn more about the mental illnesses I struggled with, depression and anxiety. Our group has a large city wide fundraising event in the works, and although the organization is strenuous, the outcome fulfills my heart, and I hope to continue this work, battling mental illness and suicide, for my
“No one would notice if I wasn't there tomorrow”
“Worthless. Might as well just not be alive.”
“I feel nothing anymore.” Suicide, depression, and anxiety were affecting not only me, but almost everyone in my school. Individually we knew, but we continued to overlook, while all of us were suffering. I could not sit there and witness my best friends feeling worthless, feeling alone. So I decided to get up, …show more content…
We eventually raised the amount of money back by selling these extra T-Shirts later, and learned to be extremely organized in our next steps. This organization was immensely successful in our next fundraiser of selling semi colon bracelets, inspired by Project Semicolon, “A Semicolon is used when an author could've ended a sentence but chose not to. You are the author and the sentence is your life” (Project …show more content…
These bracelets helped us reach out in our community and share more about our personal experiences with suicide and mental illness, all while raising more money for our fund. I had many underclassmen and parents reaching out to me daily, telling me how much our presence in the community has opened their eyes about the prevalence of mental illness in our school and town. This filled my heart with joy; this was our goal. Yes, we wanted to raise money to help the individuals and families in need, but our number one goal was to raise awareness. Suicide and Mental Illness is still something surrounded by a large stigma and many people just do not recognize it. It took someone to stand up and start talking about the problems we all face in order for everyone to come together and help the problem. I was glad to be that person, and the whole experience has helped me to grow in my leadership skills, organization skills, and to learn more about the mental illnesses I struggled with, depression and anxiety. Our group has a large city wide fundraising event in the works, and although the organization is strenuous, the outcome fulfills my heart, and I hope to continue this work, battling mental illness and suicide, for my