After the suicide of my father when I was just ten years old, I was left wondering why? What made him feel this way? What had led up to this? Was there anything else I could have done? The older I got, the more I understood the background of it. I finally understood what he meant in his note. "I was unwell and unable to fix it." He was suffering mentally. This situation helped me to see what mental health can do to a person first-hand. I watched my father slowly become someone he was not. It felt like I was watching him crumble in front of my eyes. All of this left me with one question, what can I do to help? When deciding what I wanted to do in my future and where I would take my life, I knew there was only one right answer. I felt these three circumstances were here to show me what I was meant to do with my life. I was here to help others who are suffering from mental health disorders. I was always eager to learn more about these things and have started to find little ways to show others that mental health matters. I would write about it in essays for English class, constantly tell my friends how they could improve their emotional hygiene, and try finding new ways to make myself approachable by empathizing with others when they came to me needing help. With the education I am pursuing in my future, I want to make an impact on other people. Whether it be one person or 1 million people, I want to be able to help. I plan to study psychology up to a doctorate level to understand this field better. I want to have the ability to make an impact like Freud and Watson. I want to know that I was able to let others understand that it is okay to feel how they do and that they have a purpose in life. I want to make a change. I also want to study forensic psychology to work with juveniles and help improve their lives. Everyone was put in this world with a purpose. Some are meant to be doctors, and others to be the next billionaire. I want to show everyone that they matter in this world and that they are essential. This world is constantly changing, in some ways better and others worse. I want to see a change for the better in the mental health rates throughout society. I want to be that change.

The dream version of myself is hugging a grieving child who like myself, just lost a parent to suicide.

After the suicide of my father when I was just ten years old, I was left wondering why? What made him feel this way? What had led up to this? Was there anything else I could have done? The older I got, the more I understood the background of it. I finally understood what he meant in his note. "I was unwell and unable to fix it." He was suffering mentally. This situation helped me to see what mental health can do to a person first-hand. I watched my father slowly become someone he was not. It felt like I was watching him crumble in front of my eyes. All of this left me with one question, what can I do to help? When deciding what I wanted to do in my future and where I would take my life, I knew there was only one right answer. I felt these three circumstances were here to show me what I was meant to do with my life. I was here to help others who are suffering from mental health disorders. I was always eager to learn more about these things and have started to find little ways to show others that mental health matters. I would write about it in essays for English class, constantly tell my friends how they could improve their emotional hygiene, and try finding new ways to make myself approachable by empathizing with others when they came to me needing help. With the education I am pursuing in my future, I want to make an impact on other people. Whether it be one person or 1 million people, I want to be able to help. I plan to study psychology up to a doctorate level to understand this field better. I want to have the ability to make an impact like Freud and Watson. I want to know that I was able to let others understand that it is okay to feel how they do and that they have a purpose in life. I want to make a change. I also want to study forensic psychology to work with juveniles and help improve their lives. Everyone was put in this world with a purpose. Some are meant to be doctors, and others to be the next billionaire. I want to show everyone that they matter in this world and that they are essential. This world is constantly changing, in some ways better and others worse. I want to see a change for the better in the mental health rates throughout society. I want to be that change.

After the suicide of my father when I was just ten years old, I was left wondering why? What made him feel this way? What had led up to this? Was there anything else I could have done? The older I got, the more I understood the background of it. I finally understood what he meant in his note. "I was unwell and unable to fix it." He was suffering mentally. This situation helped me to see what mental health can do to a person first-hand. I watched my father slowly become someone he was not. It felt like I was watching him crumble in front of my eyes. All of this left me with one question, what can I do to help? When deciding what I wanted to do in my future and where I would take my life, I knew there was only one right answer. I felt these three circumstances were here to show me what I was meant to do with my life. I was here to help others who are suffering from mental health disorders. I was always eager to learn more about these things and have started to find little ways to show others that mental health matters. I would write about it in essays for English class, constantly tell my friends how they could improve their emotional hygiene, and try finding new ways to make myself approachable by empathizing with others when they came to me needing help. With the education I am pursuing in my future, I want to make an impact on other people. Whether it be one person or 1 million people, I want to be able to help. I plan to study psychology up to a doctorate level to understand this field better. I want to have the ability to make an impact like Freud and Watson. I want to know that I was able to let others understand that it is okay to feel how they do and that they have a purpose in life. I want to make a change. I also want to study forensic psychology to work with juveniles and help improve their lives. Everyone was put in this world with a purpose. Some are meant to be doctors, and others to be the next billionaire. I want to show everyone that they matter in this world and that they are essential. This world is constantly changing, in some ways better and others worse. I want to see a change for the better in the mental health rates throughout society. I want to be that change.

After the suicide of my father when I was just ten years old, I was left wondering why? What made him feel this way? What had led up to this? Was there anything else I could have done? The older I got, the more I understood the background of it. I finally understood what he meant in his note. "I was unwell and unable to fix it." He was suffering mentally. This situation helped me to see what mental health can do to a person first-hand. I watched my father slowly become someone he was not. It felt like I was watching him crumble in front of my eyes. All of this left me with one question, what can I do to help? When deciding what I wanted to do in my future and where I would take my life, I knew there was only one right answer. I felt these three circumstances were here to show me what I was meant to do with my life. I was here to help others who are suffering from mental health disorders. I was always eager to learn more about these things and have started to find little ways to show others that mental health matters. I would write about it in essays for English class, constantly tell my friends how they could improve their emotional hygiene, and try finding new ways to make myself approachable by empathizing with others when they came to me needing help. With the education I am pursuing in my future, I want to make an impact on other people. Whether it be one person or 1 million people, I want to be able to help. I plan to study psychology up to a doctorate level to understand this field better. I want to have the ability to make an impact like Freud and Watson. I want to know that I was able to let others understand that it is okay to feel how they do and that they have a purpose in life. I want to make a change. I also want to study forensic psychology to work with juveniles and help improve their lives. Everyone was put in this world with a purpose. Some are meant to be doctors, and others to be the next billionaire. I want to show everyone that they matter in this world and that they are essential. This world is constantly changing, in some ways better and others worse. I want to see a change for the better in the mental health rates throughout society. I want to be that change.

After the suicide of my father when I was just ten years old, I was left wondering why? What made him feel this way? What had led up to this? Was there anything else I could have done? The older I got, the more I understood the background of it. I finally understood what he meant in his note. "I was unwell and unable to fix it." He was suffering mentally. This situation helped me to see what mental health can do to a person first-hand. I watched my father slowly become someone he was not. It felt like I was watching him crumble in front of my eyes. All of this left me with one question, what can I do to help? When deciding what I wanted to do in my future and where I would take my life, I knew there was only one right answer. I felt these three circumstances were here to show me what I was meant to do with my life. I was here to help others who are suffering from mental health disorders. I was always eager to learn more about these things and have started to find little ways to show others that mental health matters. I would write about it in essays for English class, constantly tell my friends how they could improve their emotional hygiene, and try finding new ways to make myself approachable by empathizing with others when they came to me needing help. With the education I am pursuing in my future, I want to make an impact on other people. Whether it be one person or 1 million people, I want to be able to help. I plan to study psychology up to a doctorate level to understand this field better. I want to have the ability to make an impact like Freud and Watson. I want to know that I was able to let others understand that it is okay to feel how they do and that they have a purpose in life. I want to make a change. I also want to study forensic psychology to work with juveniles and help improve their lives. Everyone was put in this world with a purpose. Some are meant to be doctors, and others to be the next billionaire. I want to show everyone that they matter in this world and that they are essential. This world is constantly changing, in some ways better and others worse. I want to see a change for the better in the mental health rates throughout society. I want to be that change.

After the suicide of my father when I was just ten years old, I was left wondering why? What made him feel this way? What had led up to this? Was there anything else I could have done? The older I got, the more I understood the background of it. I finally understood what he meant in his note. "I was unwell and unable to fix it." He was suffering mentally. This situation helped me to see what mental health can do to a person first-hand. I watched my father slowly become someone he was not. It felt like I was watching him crumble in front of my eyes. All of this left me with one question, what can I do to help? When deciding what I wanted to do in my future and where I would take my life, I knew there was only one right answer. I felt these three circumstances were here to show me what I was meant to do with my life. I was here to help others who are suffering from mental health disorders. I was always eager to learn more about these things and have started to find little ways to show others that mental health matters. I would write about it in essays for English class, constantly tell my friends how they could improve their emotional hygiene, and try finding new ways to make myself approachable by empathizing with others when they came to me needing help. With the education I am pursuing in my future, I want to make an impact on other people. Whether it be one person or 1 million people, I want to be able to help. I plan to study psychology up to a doctorate level to understand this field better. I want to have the ability to make an impact like Freud and Watson. I want to know that I was able to let others understand that it is okay to feel how they do and that they have a purpose in life. I want to make a change. I also want to study forensic psychology to work with juveniles and help improve their lives. Everyone was put in this world with a purpose. Some are meant to be doctors, and others to be the next billionaire. I want to show everyone that they matter in this world and that they are essential. This world is constantly changing, in some ways better and others worse. I want to see a change for the better in the mental health rates throughout society. I want to be that change.

After the suicide of my father when I was just ten years old, I was left wondering why? What made him feel this way? What had led up to this? Was there anything else I could have done? The older I got, the more I understood the background of it. I finally understood what he meant in his note. "I was unwell and unable to fix it." He was suffering mentally. This situation helped me to see what mental health can do to a person first-hand. I watched my father slowly become someone he was not. It felt like I was watching him crumble in front of my eyes. All of this left me with one question, what can I do to help? When deciding what I wanted to do in my future and where I would take my life, I knew there was only one right answer. I felt these three circumstances were here to show me what I was meant to do with my life. I was here to help others who are suffering from mental health disorders. I was always eager to learn more about these things and have started to find little ways to show others that mental health matters. I would write about it in essays for English class, constantly tell my friends how they could improve their emotional hygiene, and try finding new ways to make myself approachable by empathizing with others when they came to me needing help. With the education I am pursuing in my future, I want to make an impact on other people. Whether it be one person or 1 million people, I want to be able to help. I plan to study psychology up to a doctorate level to understand this field better. I want to have the ability to make an impact like Freud and Watson. I want to know that I was able to let others understand that it is okay to feel how they do and that they have a purpose in life. I want to make a change. I also want to study forensic psychology to work with juveniles and help improve their lives. Everyone was put in this world with a purpose. Some are meant to be doctors, and others to be the next billionaire. I want to show everyone that they matter in this world and that they are essential. This world is constantly changing, in some ways better and others worse. I want to see a change for the better in the mental health rates throughout society. I want to be that change.

After the suicide of my father when I was just ten years old, I was left wondering why? What made him feel this way? What had led up to this? Was there anything else I could have done? The older I got, the more I understood the background of it. I finally understood what he meant in his note. "I was unwell and unable to fix it." He was suffering mentally. This situation helped me to see what mental health can do to a person first-hand. I watched my father slowly become someone he was not. It felt like I was watching him crumble in front of my eyes. All of this left me with one question, what can I do to help? When deciding what I wanted to do in my future and where I would take my life, I knew there was only one right answer. I felt these three circumstances were here to show me what I was meant to do with my life. I was here to help others who are suffering from mental health disorders. I was always eager to learn more about these things and have started to find little ways to show others that mental health matters. I would write about it in essays for English class, constantly tell my friends how they could improve their emotional hygiene, and try finding new ways to make myself approachable by empathizing with others when they came to me needing help. With the education I am pursuing in my future, I want to make an impact on other people. Whether it be one person or 1 million people, I want to be able to help. I plan to study psychology up to a doctorate level to understand this field better. I want to have the ability to make an impact like Freud and Watson. I want to know that I was able to let others understand that it is okay to feel how they do and that they have a purpose in life. I want to make a change. I also want to study forensic psychology to work with juveniles and help improve their lives. Everyone was put in this world with a purpose. Some are meant to be doctors, and others to be the next billionaire. I want to show everyone that they matter in this world and that they are essential. This world is constantly changing, in some ways better and others worse. I want to see a change for the better in the mental health rates throughout society. I want to be that change.

My father was only 42 years old when he decided life wasn't worth living anymore. He committed suicide by hanging on August 3, 2015 on my brother's birthday. Although I was only ten at the time, I had no idea what mental health even was. I didn't know what depression looked like nor did I know what his mood swings were about. It took quite some time for me to grasp the fact that he was even gone, let alone understand the reasons why. Since that day, I have tried to understand what he was thinking and I have tried to see things how he saw them that day. Mental health is an issue very close to me. I will be pursuing a degree in psychology for this reason. My mission in life is to help others to help themselves. I want to help others who suffer from this disease because it has personally affected me in so many ways. Every single day I make it a point to smile at someone, give someone a compliment or just say something friendly to them. You never know what people are going through and I want to be able to help them. My father will never be forgotten and even though what happened was tragic, it has given me something to strive for. It has given me the drive to help other families not have to experience what my family has.

Volunteering my time has been nothing short of amazing. Knowing I can make a difference in the life of a child or an adult means so much to me. Its not so much the volunteering that I enjoy the most, yet it's the quality time spent between people. I have volunteered in many different capacities but for the most part, it has been with children. I feel as though volunteering makes such an impact on not only the child, but myselfas well. Regardless of how many other responsibilities I have going on at the time, volunteering will always be at the top of the list. There are so many reasons I volunteer my time but just knowing I am making a difference makes it all worth it. I often think about a mentor of mine from several years ago. I think about how important this person made me feel. Did I learn from this person? Of course! Did this person help me to become a better person? Absolutely! But what I remember most is how excited I would get anticipating the time we would spend together. My life hasn't always been easy. My father committed suicide in 2015 and helping others also helps myself. After this tragic event, my whole mindset changed. I wanted to do more for people and make a difference. Perhaps at first I was doing this in hopes of making him proud. But it has become so much more than that. My father lived to help people. When his mental health started to decline, I was still quite young but I could see how he changed. Perhaps volunteering helps me to really see people for who they are and to help them regardless of the situation. Something I was not old enough to do at the time my father passed. I am in dire need of this scholarship so that I can pursue an education in psychology and perhaps help people like my Dad. People need others and if I could volunteer to help them, I will. After my father's passing, we have not had it easy. My mother works two jobs and has raised three children alone. Any monies to help with my education would be amazing. Please help me to make a difference in the lives of others. I know I can do it and I will continue to volunteer my time to others.

After the suicide of my father when I was just ten years old, I was left wondering why? What made him feel this way? What had led up to this? Was there anything else I could have done? The older I got, the more I understood the background of it. I finally understood what he meant in his note. "I was unwell and unable to fix it." He was suffering mentally. When the pandemic hit, my mother seemed to always be in a panic. No matter the issue, she was straining herself over it and constantly faced fear. It was understandable because of the new virus, but she was getting worse even once things seemed to settle down with it. She had severe anxiety. Around the age of 16, I started to notice that my sister was acting differently. She stopped caring about the things she loved, was ready to up and leave college, and always seemed to be down in the gutter. She stopped eating and sleeping and was constantly worried about how others thought of her. She was depressed and suffering from anxiety. All three of these situations let me see what mental health can do to a person first-hand. I watched three people I loved slowly become someone they were not. It felt like I was watching them crumble in front of my eyes. All of this left me with one question, what can I do to help? When deciding what I wanted to do in my future and where I would take my life, I knew there was only one right answer. I felt these three circumstances were here to show me what I was meant to do with my life. I was here to help others who are suffering from mental health disorders. I was always eager to learn more about these things and have started to find little ways to show others that mental health matters. I would write about it in essays for English class, constantly tell my friends how they could improve their emotional hygiene, and try finding new ways to make myself approachable by empathizing with others when they came to me needing help. With the education I am pursuing in my future, I want to make an impact on other people. Whether it be one person or 1 million people, I want to be able to help. I plan to study psychology up to a doctorate level to understand this field better. I want to have the ability to make an impact like Freud and Watson. I want to know that I was able to let others understand that it is okay to feel how they do and that they have a purpose in life. I want to make a change. I also want to study forensic psychology to work with juveniles and help improve their lives. Everyone was put in this world with a purpose. Some are meant to be doctors, and others to be the next billionaire. I want to show everyone that they matter in this world and that they are essential. This world is constantly changing, in some ways better and others worse. I want to see a change for the better in the mental health rates throughout society. I want to be that change.