Sept. 10-17.

What do those dates mean? you ask. What do they have to do with you?

Everything. Absolutely EVERYTHING.

You see, it is TWLOHA week!

What is that, you may ask? (you sure ask a lot of questions...)

To Write Love On Her Arms!

In short, it's an organization pretty much for suicide prevention. You're probably wondering what that has to do with you. I repeat, everything. Anyone can be affected by depression (which is pretty much what causes you to committ suicide) and chances are, you either know someone who has been, you yourself have, or there's someone near you who has and you just don't know it. Depression is a lot more common than people think. About 19 million people in the world are struggling with it, and suicide is the third-leading cause of deaths in 18-24 year olds. People a lot younger can be affected, though, too. To quote the website, "These are not "emo" issues. These are issues of humanity, problems of pain that affect millions of people around the world."

I can testify to how badly it sucks... I was affected once. Sad face. ='(

That's why this week means so much to me. Along with the official TWLOHA day, November 13th. I got so mad today when I was explaining to someone why I had LOVE written on my arm. Her reply to my explanation was something along the lines of "Who cares. Let them die, it's their lives and they can do what they want."

I tried to explain that you don't exactly think "clearly" when you're depressed, but she woldn't listen.

I also got mad at my guidance teacher, who was also talking about depression today (just a coincidence. he had no idea). He tried to explain to the kids what it was, by using the example of "just not caring anymore". That's part of it, but obviously he's never had to go through it. It's a LOT more than that. If that were the case, I've been depressed my entire life.. (lol, just kidding around... I actually care about a lot of things, if you haven't noticed by now) I really wanted to just raise my hand and show him what I had written, and maybe explain. But of course, God had to give me the curse of being shy... and I totally regret it now. Come Novemeber 13th, my arms will be covered, and I'll be telling everyone. I'll probably even go to Hot Topic and buy a shirt =D (people think of it as an emo store, but mine's totally against stereotypical "emo" XD)

If you want to know more, http://www.twloha.com/vision can help with that, and if you want to help, it's as easy as writing on your arm. And you'll have to explain when people ask about it, so make sure to go to the website and become educated =D

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I Love You.