#suicidehotline

I got a chance to create an illustration for a @baltimoremagazine-blog article titled "Lifting The Veil". It's an article about the Depression-Awareness Program in hope to flatten the curve of the rise in youth suicide rates in the public schools in the US.

Public schools especially in Arundel County (was nick-named "Suicide Highschool" because of its high suicide rate 😢) has put in wellness & mental health awareness in their curriculums. The students are also encouraged to wear colorful bracelets with the suicide hotline number written on it just in case if they need immidiate help🌷

Rachel Moorefield.

Rachel is a loving mother who is spreading her story on YouTube. I randomly found her videos one night. I was in a dark place, I was feeling a lot of things. I was watching my usual YouTube videos and her title said, “Life After Losing My Son to Suicide”. I sat and watched all 42 of these videos and cried and felt so much empathy for this woman and her family. She wants to keep her son, Isaiah’s name alive. She shows you how your family will suffer after suicide. She is amazing and I want to spread her name as well so that maybe someone can see her videos and save their life. Please reblog and spread her message and their story.

Suicide hotline number

I’ve seen how deep they’ve gone, from the lightest red one that will go away soon, to the deep white scar that will never disappear. It hurts me to even see the lightest one, to know I wasn’t there for them. I hope to check in with all of my friend’s whenever possible, to always make sure they’re doing okay. I never want to see any of them in pain.