What's your reason for living?

Everyone has a reason to live. I want to know yours! Also, like this on facebook and add your pictures there!

Show everyone out there that there is a reason to live. Everyone can post their own reason for the world to see. Too many people lose their life for bad reasons. And those reasons are only bad because there is no reason good enough to kill yourself. Please follow and post, because we all have a reason to be here. General Information The word suicide gets almost everyone’s attention but what should get everyone’s attention are the actions and things said before the suicide occurs. Most people don’t want to die, they just want to be saved, and this is where you can help. It doesn’t take courage to kill yourself, it takes courage to live your life to the fullest and make the most of whatever you are given. If you are suicidal, please tell someone, because life is worth living, you just have to get past the rough patches. If you know someone who is suicidal, please tell someone. You need to get them help before it’s too late. Depression Hotline: 1-630-482-9696 Suicide Hotline: 1-800-784-8433 LifeLine: 1-800-273-8255 Trevor Project: 1-866-488-7386 Sexuality Support: 1-800-246-7743 Eating Disorders Hotline: 1-847-831-3438 Rape and Sexual Assault: 1-800-656-4673 Grief Support: 1-650-321-5272 Runaway: 1-800-843-5200, 1-800-843-5678, 1-800-621-4000

Ask me anything What's your reason to be here?

May142013

suicideisnotanoption4u:

8-years ago, CHP Officer Kevin Briggs talked this young man out of jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge. That young man’s name is Kevin Berthia. Today he is 30 years old and married with 2 children. This week he presented Officer Briggs with an award on behalf of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. The story of how Officer Briggs talked Kevin down is remarkable. As you can see in the picture, Kevin is literally one step away from jumping to his death. But for more than hour, the officer listened to Kevin pour his heart out about his troubles and told him, “I know you think things are bad, but they can get better.”Kevin says, “Officer Briggs never made me feel guilty for the situation I was in. He made feel like, I understand why you are here, but there are alternatives”Kevin is just one of countless lives Briggs has saved over his 23 year career.Briggs, who was promoted to Sergeant five years ago, is humble about what he does. He says, ”they make the decision, when they step back over that rail it takes a tremendous amount of courage”I salute Sergeant Briggs!Photo: The San Francisco Chronicle, John Storey

8-years ago, CHP Officer Kevin Briggs talked this young man out of jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge.

That young man’s name is Kevin Berthia.
Today he is 30 years old and married with 2 children.
This week he presented Officer Briggs with an award on behalf of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

The story of how Officer Briggs talked Kevin down is remarkable.

As you can see in the picture, Kevin is literally one step away from jumping to his death. But for more than hour, the officer listened to Kevin pour his heart out about his troubles and told him, “I know you think things are bad, but they can get better.”

Kevin says, “Officer Briggs never made me feel guilty for the situation I was in. He made feel like, I understand why you are here, but there are alternatives”

Kevin is just one of countless lives Briggs has saved over his 23 year career.

Briggs, who was promoted to Sergeant five years ago, is humble about what he does. He says, ”they make the decision, when they step back over that rail it takes a tremendous amount of courage”

I salute Sergeant Briggs!
Photo: The San Francisco Chronicle, John Storey

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September102012

Let’s keep this going!

It’s been a while since I have really pushed to get more pictures from people and I feel it’s time, please send in your reason to be here and tell others to do the same!

I love you all, thank you for the support you have given, I know you are all making a huge difference.

You are all beautiful and wonderful people, go out and live an amazing life, you all deserve it!

February132012

February72012

My suicide prevention video (Reasons2behere) Please reblog so more people can see it!

singingloser:

Also, post your own pictures to my tumblr blog for it, Reasons2behere :)

(Source: reasons2behere)

February42012

Anonymous asked: I suffer through parental sexual assault from my step-dad,if Life is really worth living,how do i tell my mom without her and my step -dad divorcing?

Well, since I have no personal experience with this problem and don’t know the exact situation (family dynamics, etc.) I am guessing my advice will probably not be the most reliable but I will give you my best shot.

My advice is: Sit down and talk to your mom. Moms want the best for their children and although she will be hurt by it, it is much better that then him continuing to do this to you. If she ends up divorcing him, that is her decision and not your fault. He is the one doing terrible things and if that makes him lose his marriage, that’s his problem. I know that seeing your mom in pain will probably be hard, it’s horrible for me to see my mom in pain too, but if he stops doing this to you then you have to try. I have friends who have been in similar situations and I helped talk them through it. The difference is, they didn’t want the stepdad and their mom to stay together. What they did was talk to their mom and tell them and the mom took control of the matter from there. In her situation, the stepdad was actually hurting the mom and doing terrible things to her as well so she was finally able to stand up against him and I believe that man is now in jail. But since you want them to stay together, tell her that. Tell her you understand that this will change everything but you had to tell her what has been happening.

These problems almost never have a perfect answer but that is my best try.

The most important thing here isn’t what happens to him, if your mom gets hurt, or your family has further problems. The most important thing is your safety. This is not your fault and you can change things.

A mother finding out her husband is sexually assaulting her daughter is a horrible, horrible thing. But what would be 1000000x worse is a mother finding out her husband was sexually assaulting her daughter until she killed herself. I don’t know how she would handle that pain. I understand life is really hard right now but you can work to change things. If you don’t see a reason to live for yourself right now, you will find one eventually, but for right now, live for your mom and everyone else that cares about you and would be heartbroken if you killed yourself. Get yourself help.

If these answers weren’t helpful enough, call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE

The people you talk to there are much more prepared for your questions than I am and can help you through this.

Just remember that your life is worth living and if you stick around long enough, you will see how wonderful the world really can be.

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