Join the #WhyNotChallenge for suicide prevention! The challenge is simple: make a list of 11 reasons why not to go and post it a picture of your list with the hashtag on Instagram. The goal of this challenge is to give anyone a million unique reasons to live once they look up the hashtag. People die by suicide because they run out of reasons to live, let’s give them more reasons to stay.
There are a lot of reasons why I created this challenge. Maybe it’s because I am a mental health advocate that suffers from mental illness myself. Maybe it’s because of the countless hours I’ve spent talking to people, usually complete strangers, convincing them to make it through the night. But it all simmers down to the fact that we all get hopeless and sometimes we don’t know what is worth living for until we take time to remind ourselves.
I wanted to create a challenge that would be a movement. I found that posting hotlines were an unsuccessful method because they can be intimidating. So I created this challenge as a non-aggressive, proactive, and reflective method for everyone. Suicidal or simply an advocate, everyone can benefit from remembering the wonderful things this life has to offer him or her.
We don’t need to list all the statistics about how many people suffer in silence and die by suicide everyday. We all know someone, a stranger, a friend, or an idol, someone who ran out of reasons to live. This challenge is simple and can be done in a matter of minutes. But in a matter of minutes it can also save someone a lifetime.
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