I'm glad I chose the semicolon when I got help."įollow reporter Andrea Torres on Twitter 2014 by. See more ideas about tattoos, small tattoos, body art tattoos. "I'm very lucky to have a good quality of life. Explore Lil Lady's Corner's board 'My Story isn't over tattoo ', followed by 251 people on Pinterest. She kept too many secrets and chose to see a period instead of a semicolon. "She had a relapse and was too ashamed to tell anyone. "When I was in law school, I had a friend in sobriety who turned up dead in her dorm," she said. The national suicide prevention hot lines are 1-80 or 1-80. HELP: For more information about Project Semicolon, submit a message here. Some of the posts on Twitter and Instagram include additional tattoos such as "My Story Isn't Over Yet" or the words "Warrior" and "Brave."įor Tatiana, the semicolon is also a way of honoring the memory of all of the friends that she said she has lost to suicide. The trend of the semicolon tattoo took off this month. "In my 20 years of personally struggling with mental health I experienced many stigmas associated with it," Bleuel said. In his memory, she founded the organization in 2013. She was a victim of abuse and her father committed suicide when she was 18. Project Semicolon founder Amy Bleuel has a similar story. "The semicolon tattoo represents all of that." I have good days and bad days, but I am glad every day that I didn't succeed with my plan of killing myself," she said. "I found freedom from abuse, alcohol, drugs, depression and anxiety. She had never gotten a tattoo, but got one last week, after a friend told her about "# projectsemicolon." After her failed suicide attempt, she was diagnosed with depression and anxiety and has been getting psychological and psychiatric treatment. Tatiana, who asked not to be identified by last name, is now 34 and in the legal field. All I could think about was killing myself." I had been raped, I was living with a boyfriend who was beating me up and I was broke. "I don't remember how I ended up in New York City alone and suicidal. There were "pills, cocaine and alcohol, and they were all there for the taking," she said. Its a semicolon, to remind me that my story isnt over. If you followed me a long time you know I have a single tattoo.
But it wasn't until she was 19 that she found happiness, she said. While were all sick of the 'Accept this latest outrage or people will suicide' line coming from activists, there is a kernel of truth to it. The emotional pain disappeared and she was laughing, she said.Īlcohol helped her cope. There are times in life when things are much more difficult to deal with, or you just. At 16, she had her first drink after school. Tattoo quotes are special ones that can bring us courage and strength. She lived with her mom and a step-dad who had been sexually abusing her since she was 5. MIAMI – When she was in fourth grade, Tatiana remembers feeling like her "dark secrets" made it difficult for her to connect with others at her school in Coconut Grove.
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