Breaking Taboo has launched a “Community Stories” page to share accounts of life and mental health by people from around the world proving that you are not alone and there is help and hope.
“We wanted to share these amazing stories of mental health from people who are experiencing it, caretakers, people who are healing, people who are just like you and me,” said Serena Hope Sun, Breaking’s founder and director. “Community Stories bring people from different communities together through the common experience of mental health. We all have struggles and we all have triumphs. It’s okay to struggle sometimes, we all do.”
The Community Stories is a way for people to share their ideas, poems, personal struggles and life achievements with all of us. The page will be updated with new stories each week. It is a place for people to share and to know they are not alone.
Anyone can share their story. Email your personal story, poems, articles and creative works to Breaking Taboo at breakingtaboo.org@gmail.com. To read what our community has created, go to the Community Stories page.
Breaking Taboo reaches nationwide through social media, on-line resources and virtual events. Breaking Taboo works to end the stigma frequently associated with mental health which, if gone untreated, can lead to suicide. The social media aspect of Breaking Taboo can resonate with generations that have grown up on social media – Millennial Generation and Generation Z.
If you are contemplating suicide, immediately contact 9-1-1 for emergency services or call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 800-273-8255 to speaking with trained counselors. Online chat is also available 24/7.
About Breaking Taboo:
Breaking Taboo, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, was started in 2015 after Serena Hope Sun lost yet another close friend to suicide. Deciding that she was sick of losing people, she started creating a documentary film in order to educate people, and a movement soon evolved. To educate and save as many lives as possible by providing them with accessible and useful information, Breaking Taboo evolved into a nonprofit. Mental health and suicide cross all boundaries, and the all-inclusive Breaking Taboo aims to reflect that. Breaking Taboo is a modern solution on an age-old problem that appeals to the Millennial Generation and Generation Z just as much as retired veterans. Learn more at Breaking Taboo. We are also available on social media platforms: Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
Media Contact: Keith Paul, 702-400-7680
KRP Communications
