if your a female, interested in women's issues, or just love street art you should check this out: http://www.stoptellingwomentosmile.com/

"Stop Telling Women to Smile" started as a Kickstarter project and has become street art in many cities across the USA, giving women a voice and empowering them to speak out about the daily struggles that many women face just by walking out their front doors everyday. Check out the website to find out if "Stop Telling Women to Smile" is in or is coming to a city near you and what you can do to get involved or share your story. http://www.stoptellingwomentosmile.com/

Depression and Suicide are huge issues with teens today. Many who uses apps like vine to reach out and get help

I want to take a sec to write a little bit about suicide and depression. I have recently come across a lot of young high school girls wanting to commit suicide and using social apps to reach out to friends and strangers to get help. Social Media Apps and sites such as facebook, twitter, vine, and instagram can be great ways to make friends from all over the world and connect with people who might be suffering or dealing with similar problems or life situations. I have made a lot of friends through the 6 sec video app Vine. I have connected with people from all over the world that I would not have other wise and even though these people are there for me in times of need they are not psychologists or trained to deal with issues of suicide and depression however much they may want to. This is why, I am currently seeking the help of a psychologist to help me with my own issues of anxiety and depression. As, I said in the begining I have had and seen many young teens reaching out to others on these sites for help, that they should be getting from professionals. It breaks my hear to see these young people, mostly girls who I have seen, however I know there are many boys dealing with the same issues, often times more closeted which makes it worse, unaware of the resources available to them. Im writing this to not only share my story, but hopefully to reach some of these young teens to let them know there are resources out there. When people started coming to be online, I automatically reached out to them, letting them know that I was there for them, that they were not alone, asking them to stay strong. After a few days of getting message after message of girls wanting to take their lives asking for help, or friends of these girls asking for my help. I could not take it. It was taking a tole on me. Other then writing to them, telling them to stay strong, that they were loved, there was not much I could do, but wait and see if they were still alive, minuets, hours, days latter. I noticed many other people in the communities on Vin in which this was going on, started to complain, saying these girls were acting out or that it was getting annoying. This was not the right way to go about it. Telling someone talking of taking their life did not need to hear that they were being a burden or supposedly acting out. These people need to hear that there are talk lines, therapists, and other things out there to help them, to hear that they need to seek professional help and that there is nothing to be ashamed of. One of my missions for this blog, is to make that information available. I hope that, if you or someone you know is thinking of killing themselves, that you will make use of the websites and phone numbers linked on my blog, and take into consideration, that giving someone this information, maybe more helpful then just talking to them alone, as non professionals, we can only do so much.

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Great resources

A lady from this organization reached out to me and linked me to their website where I found a lot of useful and informative resources which she suggested I share on my blog. 

http://www.familyfirstaid.org/

I hope this is able to help anyone in need. For those of you following my blog, or those of you who just happened to find it, please feel free to comment and message me.