A woman approached me yesterday and wanted to purchase one of the bracelets that said "not alone" on one side, and the suicide hotline (1.800.273.8255) on the other side. In conversation, she told me that she worked with veterans at the VA in Mather, and said many of the veterans that have come back from their service have been suicidal. I again felt inspired to stamp more bracelets with the suicide hotline on them, and then discovered that there is a song out there by Logic

There has always been a stigma surrounding mental health and mental illness. Perhaps it's because we can't physically SEE signs & symptoms of mental illness. If someone is suffering from depression, they may have figured out a way to hide it so it doesn't manifest itself in outward physical symptoms. There are certainly people who look and act like they are depressed (low energy, crying, sleeping a lot, easily agitated), but oftentimes these physical signs are dismissed as