“A year ago when I connected [to TheHopeLine], I was dealing with suicidal thoughts. I was cutting myself in my room with whatever I could find. It was like so much tension building up, until I’d just claw myself to get free of it and to get it out of me.
I happened to be listening to the radio at the same time, and I heard about TheHopeLine and what Dawson was doing. I called the number to try and get some help because I was really close to losing it.
I connected to someone on TheHopeLine, then they connected me to their crisis group. I wound up going to the hospital and getting some help. I am basically alive today because of TheHopeLine.
I want people like me to know: if you’re thinking about suicide, there is always someone to talk to. You can’t go back once you do it. You can’t take it back. And it will cost you more than you know.”