Wow. Amazing!
TWLOHA has done so much for my life. Being only 13, I rely a great deal, and have become quite dependent on reading TWLOHA blogs, spreading the word, etc. just to keep me going everday in my struggle against depression and self-injury.
In other words, TWLOHA, thanks for everything you've done and are still doing. =] <3

1 | Left by Katie | Mar. 30, 2009 at 10:19pm

TWLOHA saved me.
&& inspired me to save others.
<33

2 | Left by Kristina Lowther | Mar. 31, 2009 at 5:34am

It's because of Switchfoot that I know about TWLOHA.

SF and Anberlin are my top 2 favorite bands, ever. <3

I thank God for TWLOHA and all the musicians and artists who support it. :)

3 | Left by Rachel | Mar. 31, 2009 at 6:44am

Wow. This is incredible,
I love Switchfoot soo much.

Three years...

The TWLOHA story will never die.

i am very certian.

4 | Left by Alexander | Mar. 31, 2009 at 7:54am

jamie you inspire me to be a better person. and i thank you for making twloha. and i will always wear your shirts!

5 | Left by Beth | Mar. 31, 2009 at 8:56am

twloha.
saved the girl i love.
twloha.
saved me.
twloha.
gave us both hope for happier, healthier lives.
the lives we live today.

6 | Left by sky | Mar. 31, 2009 at 9:55am

twloha.
saved the girl i love.
twloha.
saved me.
twloha.
gave us both hope for happier, healthier lives.
the lives we live today.

7 | Left by sky | Mar. 31, 2009 at 9:55am

Oh gosh...
Where to start?
I am 14 and found relief in self-injury on accident.
It was about two years ago and I was just dumped by the girl that I thought I loved.
I was struggling with school, being gay, and heartbreak. I was in my room, alone. Writing songs and playing my guitar, which at the time, was my vice. I was angry and was strumming my guitar too hard, the string snapped. It sliced my wrist. It felt too amazing to even try to describe... I remember my obsession with pain grew as my fascination with age. I didn't know cutting was wrong. I didn't grasp the concept that it wasn't healthy. I did hide my scars with those jelly bracelets, livestong bracelets and hoodies. All I knew was that it wouldn't be polite to flash bloody lacerations in people's faces. Everything was "fine" in my own little world until the day I went into seventh grade... I learned that gym was required and no jewelry whatsoever was permitted.
I did my best to hide my scars, I cried every day just realizing what I was doing was so wrong. But why did it fell so right?
One day, some girl in my class came up to me. Her name was Lisa. Apparently she had seen my arms and had gone through the same thing. She asked about my scars and if I needed a friend, I had her.
I remember after about 3 moths of getting to know her, I tried to kill myself. I felt worthless. I felt like my heart was worn and it could never love anyone again. I remember sitting home alone in my bathroom, sobbing. I held my mom's box cutter in my right hand and cut my wrist open vertically, knowing this should kill me slowly.
Apparently, Lisa decided to come over and hang out. The front door was unlocked so she just walked in. I heard my name yelled a few times in the distance. I winced at the thought of help. Then I passed out.
I woke up the next day in some hospital. I was strapped to a cot and crowded by faces. Lisa was there.
She is my savior, my best friend, my everything. If it wasn't for her, I can sadly guarantee that I would be dead..
Lisa told me about TWLOHA and how cutting wasn't my answer.
I am so proud to say that I have been clean for 1 and a half years.
So, thank you to everyone who works with TWLOHA and promotes it. Thank you to all of the bands who support such a great cause. Thank you..

8 | Left by Mallory Shay | Mar. 31, 2009 at 10:22am

I wanted to thank TWLOHA for helping people who struggle with self-mutilation. My friend, Laurel, told me about TWLOHA and saved my life on multiple occasions by helping me put down the razor. I am forever greatful to her and TWLOHA. Thank you for everything that you have done for us.

9 | Left by Cara | Mar. 31, 2009 at 11:29am

When I was thirteen, I was hospitalized for multiple (6) suicide attempts. I told my therapists that I would stop cutting, but I couldn't find the strength to put down the blade...until I discovered TWLOHA, and I understood that I wasn't alone. Thank you for saving my life

10 | Left by Mo-Mo | Mar. 31, 2009 at 11:33am

Thank you so much for posting this.
march 30th is my birthday
which made it extra special

11 | Left by Erin Hotchkiss | Mar. 31, 2009 at 2:24pm

I have been following TWLOHA since it began and cannot express how moved I am to see it grow and help so many. For myself, an anorexic cutter, I find comfort it the message. Though I am not recovered, I know TWLOHA has a great deal to do with my process of recovery. I know every time I wear a shirt, I owe it to myself to live the message, and that in it self it help,
so thank you.

12 | Left by khaessly | Mar. 31, 2009 at 4:42pm

jamie, volunteers, everyone,

thank you. you guys are a real inspiration. i finally ordered my first shirt, two sweatshirts, and purpose for the pain. it feels nice to be a part of something bigger than me. i love to help people and i wish that i had found out about you earlier. i really hope you guys come back to the new jersey area soon.

Love to all,
avery

p.s. i know it's not well composed, i just had to thank you guys.

13 | Left by avery dorgan | Mar. 31, 2009 at 4:54pm

Wow. Wow wow wow. This is such an inspiration to me. Three years down the road, I never knew it would still affect me like this.

Thank you.

14 | Left by Paige | Mar. 31, 2009 at 5:08pm

this is such an incredible story. i love the fact that there are people who care for us! if it wasnt for people like u, i wouldnt want to stay around in life! thanks!!!

lots of love maddie

15 | Left by maddie | Mar. 31, 2009 at 6:27pm

Awesome story. Even South African bands are jumping on it. You guys are such an inspiration.

16 | Left by Lize Kay | Mar. 31, 2009 at 9:59pm

Thank youT.W.L.O.H.A.,i'am 13 an have been clean for almost a month i hope. my story is...thru most elemantary school i have been an outcast,loner the girl-that was soo much more than what you saw or heard.i left 6th grade with one true friend now that i think about it back then i thought everyone was my firend was decived into thinking i had friends .7th grade the truth came out everyone around me had a group of people they could count on... friends what was that like i wonder?even now when I try to make firends nothing if i don't try the same i was loved for something i was not when i was who i'am i was a loner outcast on the out side looking on again last year valentines day.febuary.14.2008 i was sick of creying my self to sleep and holding it in i cut myself for the first time it felt like a bigger escape to me than music,the sting and blood to see that razor slice my left arm was the emotional pain i did not always feel when i was hurt inside now the scars are reminders of being lonely,heartbroken,looked down upon,bashed,all of the years of when i felt like i did not belong and right now i still don't "fit in" my true friend from 3ed grade is stll by my side my BF nick is trying to stop cutting and burning with me. before met hin it was trying to find something that's not there that something was some one who knows it in not easy to stop cutting is addtive,that something is someone who will stand by me thru any thing nick is the one i can count on to undrestand and confort me when i'have had more than a bad day and say i love you when i'am at my worst ...my story is on going even then i'll be back <3

17 | Left by Linsey Hitomi Williams | Apr. 1, 2009 at 3:12am

TWLOHA has inspired me in countless ways that most people could never imagine. I've seen these stories happen; drugs, suicide, depression, self injury but, I've also been the person it happens to. It's been almost 4 years since I became a part of this movement about a year and a half since I received one of the shirts as a gift. I'm proud to be an advocate for a mission so compassionate as twloha and I hope to always continue on, showing people that there is hope and that they are not alone. Jamie, I'm sure you get comments like this alot, but through the years and through your movement, you have saved so many people, including myself. I will never be able to fully thank you for all that you have done, but I hope you know how inspirational this cause has become. Walking around explaining to people what this organization means, what my shirts mean, what Renee's story is, truly makes me feel like I have a place in the world. Thank you, endlessly.

18 | Left by Kayleen Oliver | Apr. 1, 2009 at 3:06pm

Oh God.Uhm...here we go.
It started when I was 13. One day, i got into yet another fight with my mom, she said i should go kill myself...and at the time it sounded like a great idea. I went into my room, locked the door, and took a box cutter to my arm. I felt so relieved, like i was ontop of the world and nothing could ever bring me down. After that, it was almost like an addiction; kind of like ciggarettes or drugs. Whenever i was stressed, angry, upset, or even bored, i would cut. Then one day, the phone rang. On the other line was my BEST friends mom. She was crying, and after a few minutes, managed to slip out the words..."She Killed Herself." Those 3 words, turned my world upside down. My best friend, my sister, my everything....was dead....and i couldnt do anything to change it. At that very moment, I found my razor, and threw it into the woods. I have been Clean for almost 2 years now, and ever since then, I have been putting my all into spreading the word about suicide and cutting.
Twloha truly influenced me to be the person I am today.
Thank you so much.

19 | Left by Ananomous. | Apr. 1, 2009 at 3:41pm

You've changed me. Helped me. Given me hope. My name is Julie, I'm twelve years old and I'm one of the many victims of abuse. Last year was one of the hardest for me. I thought no one really cared about the things that were happening with me, so I let my grades drop and I started ditching my friends, thinking they didn't actually love me. It started with the cutting, cheap razors and kitchen knives. Anything I could get my hands on, even scissors. Then it got worse. I attempted suicide, taking all the prescription bottles I had in my home, taking one out of every bottle, mixed them with a bottle of beer, and prayed for death. I'm so fortunate to have not been granted my wish. My friend Robin, a proud supporter of TWLOHA came into the school's bathroom one day and found me crying, studying raw bruises on my back and hips. And she showed me TWLOHA, and she showed me how much there was to live for, and how many people did care for me, and I went to my guidance counselor for help. And thank you so much, because you were a big help along the way to recovery.

20 | Left by Julie Rodriguez | Apr. 1, 2009 at 6:25pm

Twloha is honestly what saved me from ultimate destruction.
When I was about 14 my father was diagnosed with cancer and it was what I thought was the worst thing in the world, but when he was going through kemo
He started constantly screaming at me and telling me how worthless I was.
I started cutting and using alot of drugs. It seemed like a way to get away from it all and at the end of my 8th grade year I almost killed myself and passed out from all of the pills and from all of the cuts on my arms several times.
TWLOHA has helped my pretty much stop cutting and using I owe you guys so much and want to be able to help people in anyway I can now!
I am now 17 and almost cut free it has been a long time and I'm almost free from it.
So I'm guessing that it is officially safe to say that I love you guys and thank you for saving me. And jamie you inspire me and make me see the light at the end of this tunnel we call life. Thank you for being there

21 | Left by Joe zdundki | Apr. 1, 2009 at 9:44pm

Hey guys, I wanted to thank you for all you have done. My friend Chris told me about you about a year and a half ago. We was just a simple waiter at a good food joint. He was a very good waiter. My family requested him everytime we went there. After we became friends, he noticed my wrists. He was concerned about me. That made me feel a little bit better to know that someone cared. He told me that he used to do the same thing when he was a kid. Then he told me to log onto this site and just look around. After seeing how much people care, I can breathe again. It was hard to put the razor down at first, but now I know that I'm not alone. Thank you, thank you, thank you. You guys saved my life... and now I'm helping to save others.

22 | Left by Alyssa | Apr. 1, 2009 at 9:56pm

I am sadden and at a loss to see all the post from people 15 and younger. And yet I am so hopeful, at 13, I was being admitted for my first time for cutting and eating disorder-subjected to elderly males that "thought they knew what was best". I am so hopeful and happy to see that there is a current real life page/people recognizing and realizing how seriously this is "affliction" is. TWLOHA have next to saved me at 28, I only hope that those at 12,13,14, know that this site and those around you and YOU yourself are worth living for.

23 | Left by kacie | Apr. 1, 2009 at 10:06pm

wow umm... im 14 and i used to be a really depressed peson. i was desperate and let people take advantage of me. i wanted an image and to be somebody. i wanted to mean something to someone. anyone. wen i realized i wasnt getting anywhere i became so fustrated. i started to cut myself and it felt good.i felt like noone cares enough to even think of me why should i think of myself. Cutting became addictive and i would do it like it was nothing. the pain felt good. the blood made me happy. the fact that i was hurting myself made me happy.then i started to smoke and i liked it. agen, the damage made me happy. when i came to bayside high school , after like half a year my friend michele and her friend diana started promoting for twloha. i read her fliers and i thought i didnt really need it. It was like whatever. but then i realized how much cutting had damage me. if i liked it why was so anxouse to hide it?? michele used to cut like alot and this helped her. so i tried it out and im proud to say ive went almost 3 months without cutting. today, april 2 2009 i will stop smoking. i will stop just like that. NO MORE DMAGE TO MYSELF!! i love you michele so much you dont even understand. i basically owe u my life. thank you twloha for actually caring and helping me. you made my life so much better. I LOVE MICHELE AND TWLOHA!!!!

24 | Left by anonymouse | Apr. 2, 2009 at 5:40am

wow umm... im 14 and i used to be a really depressed peson. i was desperate and let people take advantage of me. i wanted to mean something to someone. anyone. wen i realized i wasnt getting anywhere i became so fustrated. i started to cut myself and it felt good.i felt like noone cares enough to even think of me why should i think of myself. Cutting became addictive and i would do it like it was nothing. the pain felt good. the blood made me happy. the fact that i was hurting myself made me happy.then i started to smoke and i liked it. agen, the damage made me happy. when i came to bayside high school , after like half a year my friend michele and her friend diana started promoting for twloha. i read her fliers and i thought i didnt really need it. It was like whatever. but then i realized how much cutting had damage me. if i liked it why was so anxouse to hide it?? michele used to cut like alot and this helped her. so i tried it out and im proud to say ive went almost 3 months without cutting. today, april 2 2009 i will stop smoking. i will stop just like that. NO MORE DMAGE TO MYSELF!! i love you michele so much you dont even understand. i basically owe u my life. thank you twloha for actually caring and helping me. you made my life so much better. I LOVE MICHELE AND TWLOHA!!!!

25 | Left by SO MUCH HEALTHIER | Apr. 2, 2009 at 5:43am

i think it is wonderful of what TWLOHA is doing...
ever since i discovered it, it kind of inspired me to help
people and spread the word about it...
TWLOHA helped save my cousins life
so THANK YOU!!!
:)

26 | Left by Taylor | Apr. 2, 2009 at 9:35am

I just wanted to send my thanks, as everyone else. This organization has helped me for a very long time. I was at that SF show in Boca, I remember. It feels really great being apart of something bigger, something meaningful.

27 | Left by Anon | Apr. 2, 2009 at 3:10pm

The world is tough sometimes.
I didn't try to hurt myself; I wouldn't even consider it as an answer, because I knew too many people that had been there and I knew it wasn't right.
Even with God, I wondered what the answer to a dying world was...
And then, I'm guessing by divine providence, I stumbled upon TWLOHA.
I read your vision.
"The vision is hope, and hope is real.
You are not alone, and this is not the end of your story."

You reminded me that in a world of hate, PEOPLE are capable of love. People care about others that have no relationship to them. People care about people, simple because they are people too.

Thank you.

28 | Left by Shay | Apr. 4, 2009 at 8:50am

Thank you so much. You saved my best friend's life. And Mine. I owe my entire world to you. I finally got some merch, and I'm gonna wear it proud. Thanks for being there, for understanding, for not judging. For everything.

29 | Left by Anon | Apr. 5, 2009 at 1:33pm

I can't express enough of my gratitude.

30 | Left by Naomi | Apr. 6, 2009 at 11:10am

I just got out of the hospital a week ago. I was in a coma for 7 days, pill OD and failed carbon monoxide poisoning. A friend recommended your site to me, and you are the one thing that gives me hope right now. Thank you.

31 | Left by Lea Anne Locke | Apr. 7, 2009 at 5:42am

I just heard about your site and as I was reading through the posts, I started to cry.
My foster sister was so addicted to cutting that she would use everything from a broken metal bracelet to a rusty art knife. She was so self destructive that she would run out of room on her arms and move to the rest of her body. I never knew what to do for her, I wish I had known about TWLOHA. It would have helped her so much.
In high school a friend of mine committed suicide. He had always seemed so happy. He was always worrying about everyone else being happy and he was right there for any of his friends that seemed down. The day he killed himself he and his girlfriend got in a fight and she said she never wanted to see him again. He went home and hung himself in his closet. If there was anyway for me to go back and show him this site I would. He felt like nobody would care if he was gone because he did not feel loved.
If by telling people about this site I help even one person realize that they are loved I will be forever grateful to you for the creation of TWLOHA.

32 | Left by Chastadi Reeve | Apr. 8, 2009 at 1:51am

im young, 13, and last year in 7th grade i was really depressed. i felt like i was worhtless and no one cared about me. i didnt have any emotions cause i stopped caring about life. about everything, i started cutting myself to feel again. i became addicted after a while and it didnt matter to me if i was upset or not. i would cut myself. when i found twloha over the summer it helped me realize i didnt need that. im not recovred but i can say that twloha is responible for my path to recovery. i love twloha, i will always support it for being here and saving my life.

33 | Left by Jordan | Apr. 8, 2009 at 10:13am

This is sad; and it's my story.
I am >12< and I cut.
I love the russh,
The excitmentt..
And I can't seem to quite.
So I'll just diee.
Make people happy by me leaving..
I know it's what everyone wants.
Even me.
I want to die.

34 | Left by Natalie (: | Apr. 8, 2009 at 4:47pm

cutting makes me feel better sometimes. when ever i feel angry or sad or depressed,i cut.

35 | Left by kelly | Apr. 9, 2009 at 9:58am

Natalie, that's so sad. life is better than that. look around.

36 | Left by dorgan | Apr. 9, 2009 at 12:06pm

Natalie
DON'T KILL YOURSELF
I almost did a few days ago
It's not worth it so many people love you! Your friend,your parents look around you!
Life is full with love you just have to know where to find it
If u see this and u need to talk I'm here for u! I love helping peopl!
If anyone needs help myspace me and I'll do my best.
Myspace.com/loganisfat
Hope is out there
If I found it I'm sure you can too

37 | Left by joey zdunski | Apr. 10, 2009 at 11:31pm

i make the same offer. if you need help, just get intouch with me. myspace.com/averydorgan will work.

38 | Left by avery dorgan | Apr. 11, 2009 at 6:47am

TWLOHA
has helped me so much...
and helped me save my freind who had the knife to her wrist and was half way in when i safed her i took a stabb to the chest but i still saved here

39 | Left by Tabatha | Apr. 11, 2009 at 6:55am

TWLOHA is saving me. One day I will be okay.

40 | Left by Nicholle | Apr. 13, 2009 at 11:06am

Basically, this is incredible.
Walking the road to recovery is awfully hard, and TWLOHA has been something that has allowed me to see that I'm not alone.
Keep up the amazing work, and I will keep spreading the word.
:)

41 | Left by Andrea | Apr. 13, 2009 at 12:06pm

i cnt quit... ive been cutting for 5 years... it seems cutting is my only escape... where can i find help? ive attempted suicide 9 times and i feel like the world would be at peace if i just died...

42 | Left by Shelby | Apr. 13, 2009 at 12:52pm

I am the mother of a beautiful, smart, funny, independant 17 yo daughter....who cuts herself. I just found this out a few months ago and she has since been diagnosed with depression and anxiety. She is on meds and sees a counselor now, but every day is a struggle. It breaks my heart to see so many kids here that are doing the same thing. I have always showered my babygirl with love and affection, I've given her everything she asked for that was in my capability to give her. I used to think kids went through things like this because they didn't get enough love and attention at home....my daughter has proven that theory to be very wrong. I just want to DO SOMETHING. Something that will help my daughter and so many other teenagers like her. She showed me this site, and I have since purchased several items of merchandise. I want to wear the shirt and the wristband and to tell people about the amazing things you are doing here. I hope my daughter is on this site often and is being helped by you as I see so many others are being helped.

My heart breaks for my daughter and for the many kids who I've read their stories here. I pray for healing....for all of us.

43 | Left by A Parent | Apr. 13, 2009 at 3:49pm

this organization is proof that love exists between every human, and everything you stand for is possible. thank you for being the voice we all need to hear.
god bless

44 | Left by katie | Apr. 14, 2009 at 5:45pm

TWLOHA has touched me in so many ways. This is a cause that I am so deeply passionate about. I have come across people who need help and I myself have had feelings of depression and suicide. This organization saves lives! It's a miracle network and I am so very pleased to be an avid supporter. I will forever support anyone struggling and I will forever hold TWLOHA a place in my heart. By spreading hope and love and support we are ALL saving lives whether we know it or not. <333

Joanna

45 | Left by Joanna | Apr. 15, 2009 at 7:10am

You guys, i dont cut myself. but I want you all to know that people DO care. Do not think they dont. I care. So do sooooo many other people. My cousin committed suicide, and my other cousin tried.

*there are people that truly love you*

46 | Left by Andee | Apr. 15, 2009 at 6:30pm

Sometimes...you just need a friend.

and sometimes, you can't find one anywhere

47 | Left by Nicholle | Apr. 15, 2009 at 6:37pm

i dont cut, but my best friend has been struggling with it on and off for years. this site has been my only sound thought. you have all helped me to help her in any way i can. shes finally told me that shes stopped for 2 weeks and i want to believe her , bt a part of me feels like shes lying to me. i have told her countless times that i love her and she knows that so many more people than just me do but it seems like its just not enough. if there is anything you think i could tell her please let me know. i can't bear to watch her self destruct anymore. and for those of you who think no one cares, you are so wrong, in the nicest way possible. i can guarantee you that people care about you more than you can possibly imagine. there is life after addiction and there is life after cutting you all are so worth it. if no one has told you, i will. i dont even know you but i love you. you all have touched me and i hope i can help you. you matter and you are loved. you can fight for your life. because i promise it is worth it. YOU ARE WORTH IT

48 | Left by andrea | Apr. 15, 2009 at 6:53pm

Everyone has their story, now here's mine. TWLOHA has saved me. In 2006, when i was 11, it was the 4th of July when i got a call i never wanted to get. My dad had called me with a gun pointed to his head, he said, "I loved your mother" "Oh yes, that is why you hit, yelled, and through her all her things at her when she said she was moving out" "I said I loved her, she never loved me" "Well... I'm sorry" "No you're not! You never were! You deserve to die more than i do because you are the one who caused all this! you were the one who had to tell your mom that she had to leave me if she wanted to be happy! You are the one whose making me go to therapy! So the way i look at it, yo should be killing yourself!" I hung up on him and started crying. He had a point. That was the night i started cutting and erasing my arm. For some reason i thought it helped with the pain, but i just wanted... more. I felt like i wasnt getting enough of what i deserved so i wrote a suicide note and tried hanging myself in the tree in the back yard. My mom came home early and caught me. While being put through therapy my friend introduced me to TWLOHA. Im 13 years old(14 in a month and 1/2) and you guys inspired me to help those who are like i used to be. Like my girlfriend, she cuts and i don't want it to grow into something like that.

49 | Left by Scarlett | Apr. 17, 2009 at 3:57pm

I just wanted to say that I have hope for all of you and the ones who have yet to come. I have never cut, but I have battled depression and addiction. I have two years clean this FRIDAY. If someone had asked me two years ago if I could see myself clean at all or if my life would ever get any better, I would have laughed them out of the room. I never knew there was hope for me. I, too, thought I was alone, the only one. I found hope and I found recovery. It is available to us all. You are all in my prayers and I hope that I am in yours. With eachother anything is possible. It's time to stand up and say, "I am here!", and "This is what I stand for!". I take pride in my story now. I used to be ashamed. What more of a miracle can I think of than for my life to go from "pain to hope" and from "addiction to recovery"? If change for the better is possible then people need to hear about it. I am a drug addict, and I have been clean for one year and eleven months and three weeks... There is hope.....and there is love....
and you are NOT ALONE! ;)
Thank you TWLOHA!!!

50 | Left by Dyani | Apr. 19, 2009 at 7:25pm

So a day when you've lost yourself completely
Could be a night when your life ends
Such a heart that will lead you to deceiving
All the pain held in your hands are shaking cold
Your hands are mine to hold

Speak to me, when all you got to keep is strong
Move along, move along like I know you do
And even when your hope is gone
Move along, move along just to make it through
Move along.

..I wish there was a way to replace all the pain with purity for you all. There is always a choice. Happiness is always an option. Remember the stars.

51 | Left by move along, you can do it. | Apr. 20, 2009 at 6:45am

So i was telling some of my friends about TWLOHA last night and showing them my new shirt. Then later that night, I cut again. I haven't done it in almost a year. But I did it last night. Now I have failed myself.

52 | Left by Nicole | Apr. 21, 2009 at 7:35am

13.too many scars(reminders)and cuts to count.left out. i'am the fall back"firend"

53 | Left by linsey | Apr. 22, 2009 at 7:38pm

That is a great story.

I'm glad that a cause like this was created to reach out to those who suffer from depression, addiction, and self injury. I think that the biggest problem with all of these issues is that those who suffer, often do in silence. Whether the silence is due to shame or pain, keeping the problem quiet or hiding it away from others is what kills people. Silence is what gives the illusion that you are all alone, when that doesn't have to be the case. I've had 2 friends lose their battles with depression in 2 months because no one knew how badly they were suffering. To me, that is too many. I wear my shirt, to help break the silence with hopes that it may save lives.

54 | Left by Elizabeth | Apr. 27, 2009 at 11:45am

a few months ago, i attempted suicide. i almost succeeded. their words, "ive never seen anyone this close to death and survive."
there is hope out there, even if you may not believe so. there are people out there to help, that care, even if they dont know you that well, or at all. never give up.
i just found out about TWLOHA about a week ago and have already bought a shirt. you give people hope that may not have any left.

55 | Left by brendan | Apr. 29, 2009 at 11:35am

Honestly, I hadn't heard of twloha until one of my friends was talking about it at church.I just recently started cutting myself, but one of my good friends found out and told me to quit. We actually got into a big arguement about it. I never figured i wouldve been the type of person who would want to die..but me cutting...it took away my pain. ive had a rough life these past 7 months, and im proud to say ive been clean for 2 whole months. i know its not that long but for a person who used to come home from school everyday and cut, its actually a long time. i just want to see if you think no one cares about you, your wrong. i used to think that, and i was wrong. dont give up. things will get better

56 | Left by alexis | May. 18, 2009 at 7:35pm

HEY WELL THIS IS ME AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I JUST LOST MY TWO BEST FRIENDS IN THE WHOLE WORLD. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF. THEY HATE ME. LAST NIGHT I WANTED TO KILL MYSELF SO BAD BUT I DIDN'T ANY WAY IM HURT SO BAD I FEEL LIKE THEY DON'T EVENCARE ANYMORE. I THOUGHT IT OWULD NEVER HAPPENED. WELL I JUST WANT TO SAY I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO SO BYE:(

57 | Left by Kelly Newsom | May. 22, 2009 at 11:18am

i love twloha so much. it saved my life, and many others lives. thank you for giving me hope. i'm about to go call a self harm hotline. and if it wasn't for twloha, i wouldn't have the hope to pick up the phone.

i pray for all of you.
"tell them to look up. tell them to remember the stars".<3333

58 | Left by Anon | May. 30, 2009 at 5:06pm

I was wearing the twloha tourist shirt, I didn't think about it, beacause i knew what it meant, but it lead to a 15 minute conversation with the store clerk at my local store, i've now had my shirts for about 2 months and had conversations with police, people on the train, kids from school and even my parents.

at this moment i'm writing a paper on it for my english class.

59 | Left by Ben | Jun. 28, 2009 at 11:23pm

My heart breaks for my daughter and for the many kids who I've read their stories here

60 | Left by seo silvershine company | Mar. 8, 2010 at 10:32am