RE: Day 42 - Selfie Freewrite Celebration Contest - Prize 114.21 SBD
Raising Awareness #DSIS
There have been some great prompts lately, and this has given me the impetus to start raising funds for different non-profit organizations. This will be my second, the last one was on Depression and here was my post on the payout, sent to the Suicide Hotline.
This initiative for DON'T Suffer In Silence (#DSIS) is for those that are suffering from Mental Illness, here is the founder, Marcus Tisson's story about the loss of his mother and father. Both had suffered many years with mental illness.
Tisson started this group to bring mental health awareness to all and in support of this prompt given by @freewrite and Tisson I will donate any proceeds from this post to his organization. For me, to see anyone suffer for a prolong period breaks my heart and to know that there are many out there suffering in silence urges to me to help.
It is with human understanding and reaching out to others that we can possibly make a difference and if anything share information so others know they are not alone. The statistic on mental health is that at least one in four people will be affected by a mental health disorder or neurological disorder in their lifetime. We all wish, hope, or pray it will not be us but the sad reality is that the odds are not in our favor.
For further information on #DSIS, reach out to the team here, I've sent a correspondence asking for their donation link. Hopefully, they will get it to me by post payout.
Good work you're doing, Eagle to bring awareness to mental illness. Your selfie is very effective in getting this message across. I'm going to go and check out Tisson's story.
Everyone needs understanding and human connection.
@kimberlylane thank you so much KL, i saw you had the hand over the mouth too! i'm glad we were both sending the same message. i saw a couple of others do the same thing. its all a blur since i'm on the road. eeeekkkk ... glad you are going to check out Tisson. yes we all need understanding and connection. hugs.
Such a great job that you are doing. I will check it out :)
@iamjadeline oh thank you so very much!