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Natalie Medina · Bob Ries · Heidi Diskin · Stella Shoff · Lisa Clark · Bryan Caravetta · Pete Oberlin · George Redner III · Danielle Quillmann Heilmann · Donald Peever · Blake Williams · Debbie Cunningham · Kate M. Studley · Genevieve MacKinnon · Taylor Smith · Jeff Van Beck · Shane D. December · Kendra Miller · Matthew Ralston · Lance Weiner · Julie Cooper · Jesse Fryer · Alex Brown · Veronica Harper · Katie M. Walters · Sarah Jolaine Martens · Sabrina Johnson · John Ponte · Deni Swanstrom · Zach Weart · Andres Serrato · Sandra Williams · Ken Bertram · Georgina McCready · Ryan Woodland · Katherine Matthews Kaufman · Gwendolyn Coloton Irwin · Jim Lobaugh March · Alby Kippin · Peter Kippin · Anthony Inzirillo · Matthew Whitmer · Richard Turchon · Nick Wilcox · Zane · Ryan Allen · Ellen Graves · Larry Schultz · Julie Cooper · Jeffrey Patrick Fehr · Stefan Chapple · Elias R. Abdallah · Gabriel Feld · Tyler Lathe · Daniel Kleiner · Austin Launderville  · James H. Hatcher · Dick Boggs · James Wade Murter · Dickie Carr · George Heydeman · Justine Marie Phillips · Rachelle Naimi · Matthew Garber · Marissa Stevens · Lorne MacMillan · Brian Gulik · Alfred Nicholson · Julie Boone · Natalie Gillett · Donald H. Myers · Luke Joseph Whitson · Iain Jennings · Christopher Hill Péwé · Amy Melerine Vice · Dylon Louis Boudreaux · Keats Gallagher · Russell Stevens · Mallory Hagy · Kristy Norton · Steven Griswold · Matthew Reed Glesmann · Thomas Martin Paine · Kristin Holcomb · Andrea Hemmenway · Robby Bruno · Elizabeth Bruno · Barbara Bandes · Doug B. Horak · Troy Herrick · Richard Robitaille · Michael Robitaille · Leelah Alcorn · Kristen Douglas · Bette Anne Petersen · Buddy Hopkins · Scott David Reichel · Marshall Bingeman Shantz · G. Thomas Shantz · Valrie “Winnie” Winship · George Pontruff · Shirley Gonzalez · Chris Page · Sally Sylvester · Ronald Williams II · Rick Dingmann · Edward Vela III · Morris M. Gordon, USN · Evan M. Rosenstock · Alyssa Morgan · Robert Wulbrecht · Paul LaRochelle III · Destry Lance S. Keller · Joseph Montoya · Jackson Riplinger Gallagher · Mark Skubick · Carolyn Breznik · Doris Ann Lambert · Tod Moxley · Adam Gerken · Jesse Elias Chatham · Petre Jones · Amanda Blum · Joey Garcia · Randy Bailey · Gary Brazzel · Isaac Gonzalez · Dylan Alejandro Lavin · Peter Garland · Grace McComas · Monique Woolley · Michael Ruggiero · Paige Duffield · Ryan Gilmore · Ted Rote · James Zoellner · Emmett Mann · Nolan Read · Jami Duell · Rose Lenore Bunsfield York · Arletta Emily Darnelle · Natasha Blackman · Jim Bliese · Elizabeth Komen · Michael Schmidt · M. J. Duran · Randy Johnson · Nicol Antonia Naboa Perez · Arnold Hellerud · Marvin Dale Conley · John Sitzmann · Sebastian Shin · Ryan Lazovitz · Austin Rich · Alexander Wade Flores · Jacob King · Mary Lou Anderson · Charles Tamae · Ryan Ellsworth · Steve Cowen · Dean Behrens · JoAnn Villalobos · Bryan Smith · Emerald Liberty · Dylan Kuamura · Owen Lindsey · Ricky Howatt Vasquez Guerrero · Philip Hagan Wickett Audrey Jordan · Joey Flatt · Derek Kener · Alex Hansen · Ray C. Jones · Travis Johnathan Gonzalez · Brody Truemner · Vincent Lippre · Eric Westervelt · Noah Langholz · Joseph Leon Newberry · Danny Pugh · Richard Adsitt · Lance Shaw · Shelby Lynn “Moore” Walker · Joel Rigby · Sam Harmer · Marlene Williams · Colin Michael Murphy · Minho Choi · Candice Davidson · Nicholas Mathis · Ronnie Sollis · Larry Whitman · Michael Charles Dixon · Michael Brooke · Josh M. Copus · Matthew William Robison · Micah Pachl · Nathan David Wisneski · Natalie Batarse · Sharon Deal Watkins · Daniel P. Hughes · Paul Kitwin · Tom Hafley · Kaylee Maddux · Crystal Martin · Lynne Lindsey · James Rainer Spahn · Darrin Van Gundy · Fred Kopel · Dan Kopel · Tim Spencer · Josh Isaac Ng · Cathryn McCracken · Dorian Hoff · Adrian Spagnola · Michael Ryan Atkins · Scott Frederick McDonald · Stephen Abbonizio · Nancy Moran · Scott Noble Killian · Sarah O’Neal · Julien Lewis · Laura Lewis · Emma Barron · Manuel Luna · Jeffrey Michael Leonard Chase · Jared Scott Malier · Miles Hannibal Wilson …and all of those whose suicide deaths have gone unacknowledged or hidden away in shame.

 

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About Live Through This
Live Through This is a series of portraits and true stories of suicide attempt survivors. Its mission is to change public attitudes about suicide for the better; to reduce prejudice and discrimination against attempt survivors; to provide comfort to those experiencing suicidality by letting them know that they’re not alone and tomorrow is possible; to give insight to those who have trouble understanding suicidality, and catharsis to those who have lost a loved one; and to be used as a teaching tool for clinicians in training, or anyone else who might benefit from a deeper understanding of first-person experiences with suicide.
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If you’re hurting, afraid, or need someone to talk to, please reach out to one of the resources below. Someone will reach back. You are so deeply valued, so incomprehensibly loved—even when you can’t feel it—and you are worth your life.
Find Help

You can reach the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing 988. Trans Lifeline is at 877-565-8860 (U.S.) or 877-330-6366 (Canada). The Trevor Project is at 866-488-7386. If you’d like to talk to a peer, warmline.org contains links to warmlines in every state. If you’re not in the U.S., click here for a link to crisis centers around the world. If you don’t like talking on the phone, you can reach the Crisis Text Line by texting HOME to 741-741.

NOTE: Many of these resources utilize restrictive interventions, like active rescues (wellness or welfare checks) involving law enforcement or emergency services. If this is a concern for you, you can ask if this is a possibility at any point in your conversation. Trans Lifeline does not implement restrictive interventions for suicidal people without express consent. A warmline is also less likely to do this, but you may want to double-check their policies.

Live Through This is dedicated to the lives of so many friends and family members lost to suicide over the years. If you would like to add the name of a loved one to this list, please email me.
Live Through This is dedicated to the lives of so many friends and family members lost to suicide over the years. If you would like to add the name of a loved one to this list, please email me.