RESOURCES
As I've researched, I've found some great resources that may help you!
Art is an amazing form of therapy. Yazmine Tatiana has beautiful work. The piece used on my home page was created by her when I described how I was feeling & envisioning grief.
The National Alliance on Mental Illness is an amazing resource for those that are suffering, caretakers of those suffering, or those that wish to educate themselves. They provide free crisis support. If you're not sure what to do, this is a good place to start.
This is a non-profit started by a group of us after several suicides in our local cosplay communities. We believe that hope can, and will, change the world. We focus on outreach in the cosplay community and providing resources for those that need it.
This non-profit focuses on helping youth with learning about how to live with mental illness. They use multiple methods to advocate for suicide prevention.
This is a great article to share with others that don't understand what depression is.