My name is Grace and I am a 20 year old female.

I am interested in being an e-mail volunteer for depression, grief, and self-injury. I am friends with several people who struggle with depression and self-injure. I would like to exchange e-mail with anyone (friend, sufferer, or family). I am 20 years old and will e-mail anyone of any age, but preferably a female, like myself. I am American and only speak English. I have researched the topic of self-injury extensively for various projects (school and otherwise), and my findings have greatly changed my life. I have come to care very deeply about the topic of self-injury and would like to be involved in helping those who self-injure and in raising awareness for the issue. I am majoring in sociology and in communication, and would love the opportunity to be a listening ear for someone who needs to speak.

I would like to be an e-mail volunteer because I love helping people and it breaks my heart that there are so many people faced with silence in their everyday lives. I am an excellent and compassionate listener. I know that sometimes it is hard to get through life and circumstances, but there is ALWAYS hope. Even when it seems like you are drowning in darkness, the light, however faint, is there. I have seen first hand the damage that others and even oneself can do to a person's soul and I would like to help. Don't give in to despair, for in despair the darkness wins.

My email is: gef001@Bridgewater.EDU