Voices in My Wilderness

Between 15 and 20 percent of high school students think about ending their lives.Why? The data shows it's not always for the same reasons. We're not sure. But what we are sure of is that young people are hurting. Hormones are raging, bodies are changing, and minds are developing strong opinions about the world. Adolescence is a super intense time, especially in the west with so many parents working a lot, distant from the real ins and outs of their kids' lives. For me, suicide became a...
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Between 15 and 20 percent of high school students think about ending their lives.Why? The data shows it's not always for the same reasons. We're not sure. But what we are sure of is that young people are hurting. Hormones are raging, bodies are changing, and minds are developing strong opinions about the world. Adolescence is a super intense time, especially in the west with so many parents working a lot, distant from the real ins and outs of their kids' lives. For me, suicide became a strategy to solve a layered set of emotional issues I didn't have the tools or ability to solve by any other means.This little book is the real, true, and documented account of the emotional pain that built up inside me which led to two medically diagnosed mental illnesses, which then led to me hearing voices that convinced me to take my life. This is the story of how I found myself alone at 18 years old with a bottle of sleeping pills, ready to swallow as many as possible.It's also a rescue story.That comes later as you read, but for right now, If you're reading this book, chances are you've heard the voices too. You've heard them tell you you're not enough. You've been lied to just like I was. You've been talked into seeing yourself as a worthless, broken, failure-something no one else will ever want. Or maybe worse...maybe like me you've been told to believe the lie that being gone from this earth would be better than staying here and living with the circumstances you're currently in. Maybe you haven't heard any voices, but you know someone who does. Please read this and give it to them. By the end of this book those voices will be called out, challenged, and silenced. Whether you struggle with depression, mental illness, or hearing voices or not, this book will be an invitation into a deeper conversation with the voice of all voices-the person who is, Himself, the perfect embodiment of love.