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My Personal Story

February 7, 2018

Written by Anonymous On a night out with my cousins and friends, I admitted my off and on suicidal ideation. The stress that I was under that night, seemed intolerable to me. Chronic anxiety took the place where comfortability was supposed to lie. I didn’t necessarily believe I wanted to die but living felt like…

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“What Made Maddy Run”

September 5, 2017

The book, What Made Maddy Run, tells the tragic tale of someone defeated by the stigma that surrounds depression and mental illness. It is a continuation of the ESPN feature, “Life Instagrammed,” and an extension of Kate Fagan’s article, “Split Image.” Madison Holleran was a track star student attending the (prestigious) University of Pennsylvania when…

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“Thirteen Reasons Why” Thoughts

April 11, 2017

The recent Netflix series “Thirteen Reasons Why” tells the story of a girl named Hannah who completes suicide, and then leaves behind cassette tapes detailing the thirteen reasons why she took her life. The program is very intense because the viewer is listening to Hannah tell her story. All of the kids on Hannah’s “Thirteen…

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