#Your story isn t over full#

#Your story isn t over full#

It's full of people courageously sharing some of the most difficult life experiences anyone can go through. Whoever you are and whatever your background, please be safe while reading this book. If you want to gain understanding about what leads to someone wanting to take their own life or what life is like for the friends and family members of those who have, this is the one. If you're looking for a hopeful, lovely read, this is not the book for you. They include suicide, grief, mental illness, self harm, bullying, abuse, addiction, eating disorders, and plenty of family dysfunction. There are a multitude of potential triggers in this book. And if you do read and a story is beginning to upset you, please stop reading immediately.'

If you feel this kind of content may be triggering, we advise that you consider not reading this book. 'WARNING: If you suffer from suicidal ideation or mental illness, some of the stories that follow may trigger an adverse reaction. The note at the beginning of Project Semicolon says it much better than I could. If you need immediate help and you live in Australia, please contact Lifeline at 13 11 14 or online at If your life is in danger, please call 000. 'WARNING: If you suffer from suicidal ideation or mental illness, some of the stories that follow may tri If you don't take anything else away from this review, please know: Yep, even you! 😃 If you need immediate help and you live in Australia, please contact Lifeline at 13 11 14 or online at If your life is in danger, please call 000. If you don't take anything else away from this review, please know: * You are not alone * There is help available * You deserve it. I wish I could say that this reading experience filled me with hope and love but I just feel tired and upset.more She touched so many lives and this book is proof of that, it's filled with semicolon tattoo's which was wonderful to see. Researching this book I see that Amy Bleuel, the person who started Project Semicolon, committed suicide earlier this year, which is so heartbreaking.

I am not sure if Project Semicolon is a Christian organisation, but a lot of the stories talked about God as what helped them, so if you are not religious (like me) you read about these heartbreaking stories and then get no message of hope at the end. It made me miserable, if I'd been in a bad space mentally I hate to think how I would have felt after reading it. Project Semicolon has helped so many people, so I feel guilty for giving this a bad review, but I must be honest. In many stories the hopeful part was a sentence or two at the end, which just made me feel more and more down as the book progressed. However, this book is 250+ essays about 'hardship and hope' with the majority being about 80% hardship and 20% hope. It's amazing to read an essay and see that someone is going through the same thing that you are. I am sure for some people this book may be helpful. This book is filled with sad stories about hardship and terrible things happening so I can't think of all the triggers. Every kind of abuse, eating disorders, suicide, depression, anxiety, self-harm. I feel so down and hopeless after reading this and would be far too worried to recommend this to anyone I know with mental health struggles. This book is filled with sad stories about hardship and terrible things happening so I can't think I feel bad for disliking this book but, despite the book saying it is spreading messages of hope, I found that it was the complete opposite. I feel bad for disliking this book but, despite the book saying it is spreading messages of hope, I found that it was the complete opposite.