Dior Vargas is a suicide attempt survivor. this is her story Dior Vargas is a suicide attempt survivor. "I Survived a Suicide Attempt." Dior Vargas is a mental health activist. She was 27 years old when I interviewed her in Brooklyn, NY, on September 26, 2014. The...
Mindy Schwartz-Brown is a suicide attempt survivor. this is her story Mindy Schwartz-Brown is a suicide attempt survivor. "I Survived a Suicide Attempt." Mindy Schwartz Brown is a retired social worker. She was 60 years old when I interviewed her in Brooklyn, NY, on...
Lilly Glass-Akoto is a suicide attempt survivor. this is her story Lilly Glass-Akoto is a suicide attempt survivor. "I Survived a Suicide Attempt." Lilly Glass Akoto is a mental health clinician and suicide prevention advocate. She was 43 when I interviewed her in...
Ashley Shoemaker is a suicide attempt survivor. this is her story Ashley Shoemaker is a suicide attempt survivor. "I Survived a Suicide Attempt." Ashley Shoemaker was 26 years old when I interviewed her in Portland, OR, on August 02, 2014. My story is kind of odd, as...
Paul Currington is a suicide attempt survivor. this is his story Paul Currington is a suicide attempt survivor. "I Survived a Suicide Attempt." Paul Currington is a storyteller who works in a government office in Olympia, WA. He hosts a storytelling show, Fresh Ground...
Live Through This is a body of work I’ve been building on for over a decade. If you choose to use it as a reference, please cite it accurately, giving appropriate credit where it’s due. If you’re feeling particularly courteous, you could even send me an email (des@livethroughthis.org) to let me know.
Suggested APA citation for the homepage/the project as a whole:
Stage, D. L. (2010). Live Through This. https://livethroughthis.org
Suggested APA citation for a single story:
Stage, D. (Ed.) (date*). First-name Last-name is a suicide attempt survivor. This is his/her/their story [Interview]. Live Through This. https://livethroughthis.org/firstname-lastname
* You can find the date an interview was conducted in the introduction to each story.
NOTE: This work is not to be used in contexts beyond academic or journalistic work without explicit written permission. I shouldn’t have to tell anyone that, but here we are. Please don’t exploit people and their stories, or this work I’ve put years of my life and time and heart into.
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