Honestly I think schools need to talk about depression,suicide,self love,abuse, etc. Some kids feel like they don’t want to be alive and that they r ugly. Schools never taught us this stuff, they never taught us what depression feels like or what it can cause. Bullying is something schools talk about but they don’t talk about the side effects (suicide, self hate, depression). I think schools should talk about this stuff.
There's a lot of research showing that suicide ad self-harm is very contagious, particularly among teens. And in terms of talking about suicide and self-harm, there's a lot of research showing that talking about it in certain ways actually increases risk (even when people think they are doing the opposite). That's the sole reason why we have media reporting laws in NZ around suicide - it has nothing to do with stigma or shame (as people like mike king try to claim). And it is also the reason why schools are very very careful about talking about suicide/self-harm. That's not to say that they shouldn't be talked about -there are ways to talk about such issues 'safely' (i.e. in ways that research does show increase risk). Again, people like mike king would have you believe otherwise (and he threw a tantrum to the media when he was uninvited from speaking at a school, on advice from out top suicide research Dr Anette Beautrais, as well as in accordance with WHO guidelines). There are a lot of people who mean well and genuinely think they are helping by talking about suicide in certain ways or by producing content etc, but it is one of those issues where what might seem like it is intuitively helpful, has actually been shown to increase risk. And unfortunately, a lot of such people can't be bothered taking and evidence-based approach (such as by reading the research, following WHO guidelines, or listening to experts who have dedicated their lives to researching the risk factors and protective factors for suicide), or are 'anti science' and just dismiss it. I definitely agree schools should be talking about certain things to do with mental health e.g. focusing on encouraging those factors that help improve mental health (e.g. the most significant tend to be sleep, diet, exercise, social interaction). But when it comes to talking about things like suicide, people really need to know what they are doing and have a good understanding of how to talk about it safely, or they can actually inadvertently increase risk. Nigel latta did quite a good tv episode on suicide a few years back (which features Dr Beautrais - in fact, I recall reading that Nigel gave her complete control of editing it or something given her expertise), and it was pitched at a good level for anyone to understand the do's and don'ts (i.e. they basically simplified down what the research shows and put it in a good way that the general public could understand).
Thank you Jazz for everything you have done for everyone else. Your story is so inspiring and I am sure you have helped so many other people in hard times especially myself.
@@jazzthornton_ I'm a young 11 year old girl but your my hero and its Christmas tomorrow and I'm grt your book and iv been following you for so long and I love the part about surviving and fighting and I pove you so much.
@@jazzthornton_ Hey jazz, I just wanna say iv only heard abt u recently but u have helped me so much. I have been struggling with A health condition called Cystic Fibrosis and its really messed up my life at the moment. Like I really have been struggling with my mental health bc of it. I had messed up my life since then by doing a bunch of bad things and getting in trouble after all that I just felt worthless and I had tried to take my own life and have been sh ect. And bc of u i have been sh free for a few months so i wanna talk u so much. In still struggling today but now I'm stronger and u have just made such a difference in my life I love u thank you Jazz🥰
Your 'Dear suicidal me' is probably the main reason I hit a turning point and am still here today. And you & Gen inspired me to start studying Psychology at AUT so I can hopefully join the fight for mental health. I could never thank you enough.
Im so proud of you, you continued living for a reason ♡ I struggle with similar issues as well, hospitalized in phsch wards 3 times, 2 at*empts....and I'm doing better now. Almost 8 months clean of s*lf harm :)
You are the reason I am who I am, both you and Gen are. I'm going back into school as a mental health advocacy role and all because of how inspiring you are!
I love you so much jazz if it wasn’t for you I probably wouldn’t be on this earth anymore❤️ you are an inspiration and the reason I’m still here❤️ I just reached 3 months clean today so thank you❤️
Jazz your strength and story of overcoming that is amazing. I’m 25 and still haven’t got my life together at all. My mental health is probably the worst it’s ever been and most days feel pretty hopeless but after seeing how you overcame so much I can see again that happiness is real and can happen even after years of being absent. Thank you for sharing your story.
This may have very well just saved my life. I'm bawling in tears right now. You just relinquished the tiniest amount of hope left in me. I feel so broken, mentally permanently damaged, and absolutely traumatized from the accumulation of the endless experiences I've endured with my mental illnesses; dating back since I had my first experience with OCD, severe depression, and anxiety in the 3rd grade one day at school. I can remember that exact moment so acutely, it's terrifying. Since that day initial day, my mental illness has just metastasized in so many shapes and forms it's unfathomable. It has completely robbed me of my ability to properly develop, function, and live a happy/successful life - devoid of any meaning or purpose due to the overwhelming despair that plagues me 24/7. I sit here now as a 30 year old, with little to show, for what has been mostly a nightmare of a life. My OCD anxiety, and depression have reached a point where all I can possibly think about and obsess over is the despair and destruction that the OCD/anxiety/depression has caused in itself, and continues to cause. A very insidious cycle - which continues to feed its hunger and exacerbate it's insatiable appetite, reinforcing the constant pain and suffering I feel. I truly can’t imagine any sort of a viable future for someone who constantly feels this way, and has for so long. Essentially, I have become conditioned to this pain and these feelings are just a natural response to how much of an outlier and a burden I feel to society. “Impossible” is indeed a word that so accurately illustrates how I feel about the future trajectory of my life ever being wothwhile, as well as my ability to ever become sucsseful and find meaning and purpose in anything whatsoever. However, although it's fleeting, to reiterate, you have given me a shiver a hope. I cannot thank you/admire you enough for what you have done and everyone you've helped. For today, and maybe if only today, you have given me a reason to fight, rather than just merely surviving, or more accurately: “Existing.” God bless you, Jazz.
I’m so proud of you jazz and you have saved my life multiple times and could you do a video on your process being in the icu of the physc ward and what made you fight and get discharged x
I am so proud of you, you are doing so much for everyone. When I first found you over tiktok I was really struggling and I couldn’t see a feature. I was looking through your account and I realized that I was not alone, I realized that there’s hope for me even in the darkest moments. You made me keep going to today, I’m now 18. I really didn’t think I was gonna make it past 16 but I’m now here going to my 2 year of collage. Jazz I will never be able to thank you enough for saving my life in the most darkest times. Your book is helping so much and i read it every night when I feel like I’m a burden or when I get a panic attack. So thank you, thank you for sharing your story and to help others x
I want to see videos with dr Steph, Gen, wayne, libby and ester!!! The book has been amazingly insightful to read. Thanks for fighting for everyone and helping change the way mental illness is seen
I would love to see a video going through things you did to get better, like what big changes did you have to make or even the small things that helped you cope❤️
I’m 24 and have been through quite a bit of mental health havoc. I’ve attempted to take my life once but I’ve struggled with eating disorders since I was 4, yes 4 years old. I plan to write and publish books like you to share my story and hopefully spread awareness and hope. You are so inspirational, I hope I can meet you some day. I admire you, and I look forward to seeing more of your content here on TH-cam. Ps. I’m buying your book tomorrow ❤️😊
Jazz, you’re an inspiration! What you’ve overcome and the strength you’ve shown to share your story to instil hope in others it’s honestly so amazing. You’ve impacted so many peoples lives for the better, mine included. For that I want to say thank you ❤️
So proud of all the things you've done. Thank you for advocating to change the conversation around Mental health. I hope I can get your book soon here in Colombia
I love the fact you’ve started a TH-cam channel!! I’d love it if you could do a video about opening up to people about struggling with mental health ❣️
thank you so much jazz! you are the strongest person ever.you have saved so many people...including me and I don't think anyone could ever thank you enough, you are so incredibly brave and you are my biggest inspiration I love you so much.
Hi Jazz your so amazing you came to our school at Murray s bay intermediate I can relate to the goku story because with me having ADHD i did not think about the bad side of compressing dry ice in a glass science class and removed my index finger still recovering so happy about your new channel
You are an inspiration and honest the reason I am as strong as I am now but you have also helped me to stay clean from sh for 3 years. I love your tiktoks and cant wait for your film to be released in the uk. I love you so much ❤❤
Jazz, I wanted to say thank you💛 you have saved so many people including me from taking their life. I’ve been battling a ton of things and I’ve been in and out of psych wards. I found you and a few other people and y’all have helped me so much. I’m doing a lot better not because of y’all and I wanted to thank you! Btw how are you so pretty?! You are amazing!
You are incredible. Never in my life have I ever met a more inspirational person. Thank you so much for everything you’ve done. I’ve just finished reading your book and you’ve changed my life. Keep doing what you’re doing Jazz, your amazing!! I LOVE YOU SO MUCH❤️
I absolutely love the fact you have TH-cam.Youve saved my life so many times I found you at my darkest point and you’ve helped me without knowing it.You have saved my life and now I have an amazing girlfriend and I’m happier.thanks for saving my life.you have always helped me.i know I can go to your tiktok when I’m feeling low.
Would love to hear from Wayne and Libby! How they supported you, why they stayed, how they dealt with the emotions of supporting someone with a mental illness etc. Fighting my own battle with mental illness has been agonising to say the least, but i know that its just as hard for those we love that support us.
Yes finally! So stoked for this content. You’ve kept me going and inspired. I nearly relapsed after 6 years clean but your videos kept me going 💕 keep doing what you do. I’ve finally been able to start advocating too!
I would really like to hear about how you got through with feeling alone and how you let people in for them to help you recover. I struggle with this!!
Jazz I love this video. I’m so excited to see what content you are going to bring to this platform. I follow your instagram and your tik tok pages and they are just so amazing. So inspirational and so much hope filled content. You should be so proud of yourself for what you do and what you have accomplished!!! 🤍🤍🤍🤍 Also would you be able to do a video about how to deal with anxiety and depression and would you be able to do a video about Voices of hope and why you and Gen wanted to become an organisation to help other fighting mental illness? And your most requested video is how did you and gen meet?? Love you both so much thank you for everything 🤍🤍🤍🤍
Jazz you are an amazing person who inspires everyone. Your wisdom is that you are able to tell your story. You give voice to those who can't. Looking forward to your next video.
you are honestly my biggest inspiration. Someday when I'm out of the mess of my mental health that trauma has gotten me in, I hope to be able to share my story like you :) also please can you post about the publishing process of your first book!
Fantastic video Jazz, I’ve been in a very similar position. I tried to end my life in 2015 due to bipolar disorder. But I’m now in a place where I’m stable, I even compete in a sport and I’ve been on one of the most brutal TV shows in existence. I’m thriving now as you said and that’s because I chose to fight and not just accept my mental illness.
I’m very proud on how far you’ve come you’ve saved my life many times and I really hope you know how much you’ve made my life so much better thank you plus I am 3 months clean because of you helping me through it please reply x🥺🥰
So many people struggle with mental health problems which are really just microcosms of broader societal issues that are manifesting with us individually.
I’m just a year younger than you and I have been struggling with my mental health since I was 6 I tried to end me life a that age 11 thinking it was for the best as well. Now am 24 I still have my bad days but your videos on Tik-tok have helped me to understand that I will one day be okay and maybe tell my story an help other so I would like to say thank you for everything you have done
Your video and your TikTok shave made me realise that there is hope at the end of the tunnel it may take time but I take each day with one step at a time so thank you so much ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you for sharing your story, it honestly means so much to many people. I am so glad that I realized that there is hope. No one knows I’m struggling but you really saved me. Thank you ❤️
Wow! What an inspiring video. Thank you for helping me on my journey you inspire me each and everyday. Can’t wait to watch more of your videos. Would love a video on stigma and why mental health shouldn’t me a stigma that would be amazing. Just sending love and THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO.
Jazz thank you for helping me when I watch your tiktok it helps me remember that if you can fight than I can and I know I’m late on here but you have helped me so so so much you don’t even know and you are such an inspiration for me and I struggle everyday but seeing your smile and your videos help me understand I’m not alone and I want to say that I love you Jazz❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@Jazz Thornton I’ve been in and out of hospital last year because of mental health it just hard to keep living earth no one cares about me I just want die everyone will be happy when I live
Thanks for your lovely video and thanks for your books , your video and your books so so help me 😘😘❤️❤️ Really appreciate it , you are awesome 😎 proud of you ❣️❣️
Thank you Jazz, for sharing your story and writing your book. It has literally kept me fighting over these last few weeks. You are the reason I am alive. You are amazing. Xx
I have heard your story so many times and it still continues to inspire and move me! You are truly an amazing woman Jazz!! You need to do a Q&A with Dr Steph x
Wow I’ve only recently found you! That monkey bar story sparked a memory I had from school when I was 16! During dance the ‘popular’ group of girls would wipe there hands after they had to hold my hand in the dance! I’m 30! And I totally forgot that even happened until just watching this video!
4 years ago, at 22 years old i almost took my own life. I was abused as a kid, broken, depressed, anorexic, bulimic, suicidal. I went in & out of psych units like it was a game of Chess. Suicide watch. I was on enough Antidepressants to kill a horse. I hated myself. I wanted out. I wanted the pain to stop. The gaslighting* to end. *(when a psycho makes a sane person question their own sanity, and thus think they themselves are the insane one). I wanted power. I got into witchcraft. I thought it would give me the identity i wanted, to be set apart from people who hurt me. It only made me sicker. Sicker. Thats what it did to me. The doctors said i’d never get well. That i would suffer severe Chronic Manic depression, and never be well, that id be stuck on antidepressants all of my life. I would plot suicide on a daily basis, binging and purging my food as often as opening and closing a door. The pain was too real. People choked me. Assaulted me. Told me i was ugly, i felt worthless. Nothing ever got better. Then my mother died. The (1) & only soul who ever loved /emotionally supported me was removed from the earth. I was stuck living with people who broke me, ruined my identity, thus causing me to hate God. I thought God hated me, that he was just like the ones who tortured me, a family of abusers, who cover up all their actions with the mask of religion. I didnt know that God is on my side. I didnt know that Jesus would Love and Defend me, and fight for me and that He later would heal me, rescue me from Family. The ones who caused me pain. The ones who choked me for wearing a necklace. I moved out after family threatened to throw all my belongings on the front yard, and have me permanently institutionalized in an insane asylum, when they were the ones who caused my mental illness via abuse. They blamed me for the abuse they did to me. To take my life in an insane asylum when they were the ones who made me suicidal. Next morning i spoke with my dead moms parents who let me live with them. I stayed on the antidepressants, prescribed. But they only made me sicker. I got deeper and deeper into witchcraft, thinking it was a solution. But it made me even more suicidal. Self hatred was inescapable. All my cards have fallen down. I have nothing left. But out. I wanted out. I decided i was going to kill myself. I was going to take all my pills. But then Jesus stepped in. I didnt die. I surrendered my life to Jesus to make me well and heal me. The deity i blamed for me being abused wanted to heal me. He Was fighting for me and Loved me all along. He wanted to love me. He wanted to give me His Heart. HE LOVES ME. JESUS. LOVES. ME . Jesus miraculously healed me - i am off all drugs and dont need them and i dont have any mental illnesses. I am totally healed , full of joy. I’m now a born again Christian, in my 20’s who wants the entire world to know that JESUS WANTS TO HEAL YOU HE. LOVES. YOU.
Great vid, thanks for sharing your experience. I'm new to youtube and making vids about mental health and similar stuff, and it's awesome to see what other people are sharing. Thanks again.
I remember seeing an article about your faith and how that and the community you found in the church helped you through some rough times... but I haven’t heard it in any of the documentary/web series or on your tik toks... I’d be super interested in hearing that side of your story sometime!! I know your speaking roles are on TH-cam, but it would be cool to hear it in a little more detail and kind of where you are now rather than the quick overview you give during speeches at events!
Thank you for everything you do jazz. I recently made it to my 23rd birthday and that’s thanks to you. I found you on TikTok a few months ago as I was planning to end it all for good. Had it all figured out and found you and your story of hope the day before. Thank you for sharing your story and giving people like me some hope that it will get better. (Even if I sometimes don’t believe it) :)
Thank you for everything you have done for others it has helped so many people 💗 Could you possibly do a video on how to ask for help if you’re struggling ❤️
Hey I know you’ll probably never see this but i just want to say thank you . You saved my life. Im a 12 year old who had attempted suicide 4 times in 2 years. Your story showed me im not alone. You are amazing despite the feedback anyone gives you. Thank you, you saved me. Now im 1 month free of self harm.
ive always suffereered with depression...but this time it feels differnt..like beyond depression if thats even possible..im in a really dark place..im making plans to end things,,im sorting out finances etc...and no one knows..what a waste of a life
Jazz, thank you for being an advocate and bearing the burdens of others. I am seeing the traumas that I have been through more as a gift rather than a curse. I used to think that I would never be able to tell anyone about what I have been through. It wasn't until I got to college that I really saw how the traumas were affecting my life and I asked God for help in speaking up. Now I have shared my full testimony with so many people and it is so freeing. Anyone seeing this please read, 2 Corinthians 17-18; Matthew 28-30; 1 Peter 5: 10-11. There is HOPE!
Honestly I think schools need to talk about depression,suicide,self love,abuse, etc. Some kids feel like they don’t want to be alive and that they r ugly. Schools never taught us this stuff, they never taught us what depression feels like or what it can cause. Bullying is something schools talk about but they don’t talk about the side effects (suicide, self hate, depression). I think schools should talk about this stuff.
Yep, i agree with you. But some schools get around this by vaguely addressing it and never mentioning it until the next year and it is so frustrating.
There's a lot of research showing that suicide ad self-harm is very contagious, particularly among teens. And in terms of talking about suicide and self-harm, there's a lot of research showing that talking about it in certain ways actually increases risk (even when people think they are doing the opposite). That's the sole reason why we have media reporting laws in NZ around suicide - it has nothing to do with stigma or shame (as people like mike king try to claim). And it is also the reason why schools are very very careful about talking about suicide/self-harm. That's not to say that they shouldn't be talked about -there are ways to talk about such issues 'safely' (i.e. in ways that research does show increase risk). Again, people like mike king would have you believe otherwise (and he threw a tantrum to the media when he was uninvited from speaking at a school, on advice from out top suicide research Dr Anette Beautrais, as well as in accordance with WHO guidelines).
There are a lot of people who mean well and genuinely think they are helping by talking about suicide in certain ways or by producing content etc, but it is one of those issues where what might seem like it is intuitively helpful, has actually been shown to increase risk. And unfortunately, a lot of such people can't be bothered taking and evidence-based approach (such as by reading the research, following WHO guidelines, or listening to experts who have dedicated their lives to researching the risk factors and protective factors for suicide), or are 'anti science' and just dismiss it. I definitely agree schools should be talking about certain things to do with mental health e.g. focusing on encouraging those factors that help improve mental health (e.g. the most significant tend to be sleep, diet, exercise, social interaction). But when it comes to talking about things like suicide, people really need to know what they are doing and have a good understanding of how to talk about it safely, or they can actually inadvertently increase risk. Nigel latta did quite a good tv episode on suicide a few years back (which features Dr Beautrais - in fact, I recall reading that Nigel gave her complete control of editing it or something given her expertise), and it was pitched at a good level for anyone to understand the do's and don'ts (i.e. they basically simplified down what the research shows and put it in a good way that the general public could understand).
Jazz actually goes to schools to talk abt bullying and stuff 💓
Schools are for academic, teach your own kids the emotional stuff..
Running clears the mind.. instead of the Playstation and tik tok......
This lady right here she’s the reason I’m alive I love her so much
Thank you Jazz for everything you have done for everyone else. Your story is so inspiring and I am sure you have helped so many other people in hard times especially myself.
Thank you so much
@@jazzthornton_ I'm a young 11 year old girl but your my hero and its Christmas tomorrow and I'm grt your book and iv been following you for so long and I love the part about surviving and fighting and I pove you so much.
@@jazzthornton_ I’m only 12 but I’ve attempted twice. You are such a hug inspiration to me and thank you for helping save me❤️
@@jazzthornton_ Hey jazz, I just wanna say iv only heard abt u recently but u have helped me so much. I have been struggling with A health condition called Cystic Fibrosis and its really messed up my life at the moment. Like I really have been struggling with my mental health bc of it. I had messed up my life since then by doing a bunch of bad things and getting in trouble after all that I just felt worthless and I had tried to take my own life and have been sh ect. And bc of u i have been sh free for a few months so i wanna talk u so much. In still struggling today but now I'm stronger and u have just made such a difference in my life I love u thank you Jazz🥰
@@bella_balzer785 I may not know u but I'm so proud and hope ur doing great atm❤
When u c her ig story and come straight here 😁 🥳
this story made me cry,, you are literally my hero you inspire me so much
Your 'Dear suicidal me' is probably the main reason I hit a turning point and am still here today. And you & Gen inspired me to start studying Psychology at AUT so I can hopefully join the fight for mental health. I could never thank you enough.
AHHH IM SO INCREDIBLY EXCITED YOU HAVE A TH-cam CHANELLLLL 😍😍😍 Super excites for the videos to come xx
Im so proud of you, you continued living for a reason ♡
I struggle with similar issues as well, hospitalized in phsch wards 3 times, 2 at*empts....and I'm doing better now. Almost 8 months clean of s*lf harm :)
I’m proud of you also!!!!❤️
I’m so so so proud of you ur sooo incredibly strong
You are the reason I am who I am, both you and Gen are. I'm going back into school as a mental health advocacy role and all because of how inspiring you are!
I love you so much jazz if it wasn’t for you I probably wouldn’t be on this earth anymore❤️ you are an inspiration and the reason I’m still here❤️ I just reached 3 months clean today so thank you❤️
Same. She doesnt realize how many lives shes changed 🥺
Claudia Emery true she is so inspirational
Ive tried before to take my life but never again because of your inspiration has lighten me up.
Jazz your strength and story of overcoming that is amazing. I’m 25 and still haven’t got my life together at all. My mental health is probably the worst it’s ever been and most days feel pretty hopeless but after seeing how you overcame so much I can see again that happiness is real and can happen even after years of being absent. Thank you for sharing your story.
This may have very well just saved my life. I'm bawling in tears right now. You just relinquished the tiniest amount of hope left in me. I feel so broken, mentally permanently damaged, and absolutely traumatized from the accumulation of the endless experiences I've endured with my mental illnesses; dating back since I had my first experience with OCD, severe depression, and anxiety in the 3rd grade one day at school. I can remember that exact moment so acutely, it's terrifying. Since that day initial day, my mental illness has just metastasized in so many shapes and forms it's unfathomable. It has completely robbed me of my ability to properly develop, function, and live a happy/successful life - devoid of any meaning or purpose due to the overwhelming despair that plagues me 24/7. I sit here now as a 30 year old, with little to show, for what has been mostly a nightmare of a life. My OCD anxiety, and depression have reached a point where all I can possibly think about and obsess over is the despair and destruction that the OCD/anxiety/depression has caused in itself, and continues to cause. A very insidious cycle - which continues to feed its hunger and exacerbate it's insatiable appetite, reinforcing the constant pain and suffering I feel. I truly can’t imagine any sort of a viable future for someone who constantly feels this way, and has for so long. Essentially, I have become conditioned to this pain and these feelings are just a natural response to how much of an outlier and a burden I feel to society. “Impossible” is indeed a word that so accurately illustrates how I feel about the future trajectory of my life ever being wothwhile, as well as my ability to ever become sucsseful and find meaning and purpose in anything whatsoever. However, although it's fleeting, to reiterate, you have given me a shiver a hope. I cannot thank you/admire you enough for what you have done and everyone you've helped. For today, and maybe if only today, you have given me a reason to fight, rather than just merely surviving, or more accurately: “Existing.” God bless you, Jazz.
I’m so proud of you jazz and you have saved my life multiple times and could you do a video on your process being in the icu of the physc ward and what made you fight and get discharged x
Yes I 100% will do that! xx
Jazz Thornton yes I can’t wait to watch your next video x
I am so proud of you, you are doing so much for everyone. When I first found you over tiktok I was really struggling and I couldn’t see a feature. I was looking through your account and I realized that I was not alone, I realized that there’s hope for me even in the darkest moments. You made me keep going to today, I’m now 18. I really didn’t think I was gonna make it past 16 but I’m now here going to my 2 year of collage. Jazz I will never be able to thank you enough for saving my life in the most darkest times. Your book is helping so much and i read it every night when I feel like I’m a burden or when I get a panic attack. So thank you, thank you for sharing your story and to help others x
I’m so proud of how far you have came jazz 💕💕
I want to see videos with dr Steph, Gen, wayne, libby and ester!!! The book has been amazingly insightful to read. Thanks for fighting for everyone and helping change the way mental illness is seen
I would love to see a video going through things you did to get better, like what big changes did you have to make or even the small things that helped you cope❤️
I'm so proud of how far you have come and you are so strong
I’m 24 and have been through quite a bit of mental health havoc. I’ve attempted to take my life once but I’ve struggled with eating disorders since I was 4, yes 4 years old. I plan to write and publish books like you to share my story and hopefully spread awareness and hope. You are so inspirational, I hope I can meet you some day. I admire you, and I look forward to seeing more of your content here on TH-cam. Ps. I’m buying your book tomorrow ❤️😊
You came across my TikTok FYP and I cannot wait to see this journey you're going on.
thank you for everything you do
Jazz, you’re an inspiration! What you’ve overcome and the strength you’ve shown to share your story to instil hope in others it’s honestly so amazing. You’ve impacted so many peoples lives for the better, mine included. For that I want to say thank you ❤️
You are an inspiration I look up to you so much jazz 💖
So proud of all the things you've done. Thank you for advocating to change the conversation around Mental health. I hope I can get your book soon here in Colombia
I love the fact you’ve started a TH-cam channel!! I’d love it if you could do a video about opening up to people about struggling with mental health ❣️
thank you so much jazz! you are the strongest person ever.you have saved so many people...including me and I don't think anyone could ever thank you enough, you are so incredibly brave and you are my biggest inspiration I love you so much.
Hi Jazz your so amazing you came to our school at Murray s bay intermediate I can relate to the goku story because with me having ADHD i did not think about the bad side of compressing dry ice in a glass science class and removed my index finger still recovering so happy about your new channel
You are an inspiration and honest the reason I am as strong as I am now but you have also helped me to stay clean from sh for 3 years. I love your tiktoks and cant wait for your film to be released in the uk. I love you so much ❤❤
Jazz, I wanted to say thank you💛 you have saved so many people including me from taking their life. I’ve been battling a ton of things and I’ve been in and out of psych wards. I found you and a few other people and y’all have helped me so much. I’m doing a lot better not because of y’all and I wanted to thank you! Btw how are you so pretty?! You are amazing!
Jazz, you are amazing. Your videos help me soo much and give me soo much hope. Thank you soo much ❤️
i’m so glad you finally made a youtube channel. i love you jazz 🥺🥺❤️
thank you for everything you’ve done
Thank you for helping and inspiring so many people! You are saving so many lives, including mine 💜
You are incredible. Never in my life have I ever met a more inspirational person. Thank you so much for everything you’ve done. I’ve just finished reading your book and you’ve changed my life. Keep doing what you’re doing Jazz, your amazing!! I LOVE YOU SO MUCH❤️
Your story is inspirational honeslty! Would love more TH-cam videos xx
I’m super excited you’ve started this TH-cam channel as it’ll help spread awareness & let people know they aren’t alone 💙 Thank you!
Today is the day I learned the true definition of fight verses survival.
Ur soo strong I love that abt you u make me want to survive and fight through my issues u help me soo much thank you ❤️
I absolutely love the fact you have TH-cam.Youve saved my life so many times I found you at my darkest point and you’ve helped me without knowing it.You have saved my life and now I have an amazing girlfriend and I’m happier.thanks for saving my life.you have always helped me.i know I can go to your tiktok when I’m feeling low.
thank you so much for all you are doing. your story is so incredibly inspiring.
Thank you for what you do jazz❤️ you’re so amazing you help me and so many other people so much! Very proud of you xxx
Would love to hear from Wayne and Libby! How they supported you, why they stayed, how they dealt with the emotions of supporting someone with a mental illness etc. Fighting my own battle with mental illness has been agonising to say the least, but i know that its just as hard for those we love that support us.
Wow Jazz I love that you made a TH-cam channel. I found you on my fyp on Tiktok. You have inspired me so much. I thank you for sharing your story.
Yes finally! So stoked for this content. You’ve kept me going and inspired. I nearly relapsed after 6 years clean but your videos kept me going 💕 keep doing what you do. I’ve finally been able to start advocating too!
Your such inspiration to many people including myself! I’ve learnt that hope is real and it really can help thank you!❤️
I would really like to hear about how you got through with feeling alone and how you let people in for them to help you recover. I struggle with this!!
I’m so excited to see the continuation of this TH-cam channel and your story!
Jazz I love this video. I’m so excited to see what content you are going to bring to this platform. I follow your instagram and your tik tok pages and they are just so amazing. So inspirational and so much hope filled content. You should be so proud of yourself for what you do and what you have accomplished!!! 🤍🤍🤍🤍
Also would you be able to do a video about how to deal with anxiety and depression and would you be able to do a video about Voices of hope and why you and Gen wanted to become an organisation to help other fighting mental illness?
And your most requested video is how did you and gen meet?? Love you both so much thank you for everything 🤍🤍🤍🤍
thank you for all you do jazz! we all love you so much!!!💜
Jazz you are an amazing person who inspires everyone. Your wisdom is that you are able to tell your story. You give voice to those who can't. Looking forward to your next video.
So happy about this channel ❤️
Jazz you are kind I'm so sorry that happened your were so strong.
Why do people have to be so mean it hurts.
you are honestly my biggest inspiration. Someday when I'm out of the mess of my mental health that trauma has gotten me in, I hope to be able to share my story like you :) also please can you post about the publishing process of your first book!
Fantastic video Jazz, I’ve been in a very similar position. I tried to end my life in 2015 due to bipolar disorder. But I’m now in a place where I’m stable, I even compete in a sport and I’ve been on one of the most brutal TV shows in existence. I’m thriving now as you said and that’s because I chose to fight and not just accept my mental illness.
I’m very proud on how far you’ve come you’ve saved my life many times and I really hope you know how much you’ve made my life so much better thank you plus I am 3 months clean because of you helping me through it please reply x🥺🥰
Hi, hope things are better.x
Thanks for sharing. The way you explained the difference between surviving vs/and fighting was particularly helpful.
I came across your story today, I have been struggling BAD lately, I think you came into my life when I needed it the most
So many people struggle with mental health problems which are really just microcosms of broader societal issues that are manifesting with us individually.
I’m just a year younger than you and I have been struggling with my mental health since I was 6 I tried to end me life a that age 11 thinking it was for the best as well. Now am 24 I still have my bad days but your videos on Tik-tok have helped me to understand that I will one day be okay and maybe tell my story an help other so I would like to say thank you for everything you have done
I’m crying watching this like I’m crying my eyes out because you are not alone we are all here for you xx
I'm so proud of you ! You've helped me so much , I threw my blades away and I'm now two days clean because of you! Thank u
i’m so happy for you !
You are amazing. Your story has made a huge difference on me.
Your video and your TikTok shave made me realise that there is hope at the end of the tunnel it may take time but I take each day with one step at a time so thank you so much ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you for everything you do, you’ve helped me so much I love you ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you for sharing your story, it honestly means so much to many people. I am so glad that I realized that there is hope. No one knows I’m struggling but you really saved me. Thank you ❤️
This video has given me so much hope and I wished there was more videos! ❤️❤️
I'm so glad you're finally doing this ☺️ much love
You are such an amazing person! Thank you so much for everything you do xx
Yes Jazz! ❤️ We love you & your story. Thanks for being such an advocate and a voice of hope ;) for people who are currently fighting.
Such an inspiring ration 🥺so glad u have a TH-cam channel x
Wow! What an inspiring video. Thank you for helping me on my journey you inspire me each and everyday. Can’t wait to watch more of your videos. Would love a video on stigma and why mental health shouldn’t me a stigma that would be amazing. Just sending love and THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO.
Jazz thank you for helping me when I watch your tiktok it helps me remember that if you can fight than I can and I know I’m late on here but you have helped me so so so much you don’t even know and you are such an inspiration for me and I struggle everyday but seeing your smile and your videos help me understand I’m not alone and I want to say that I love you Jazz❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@Jazz Thornton I’ve been in and out of hospital last year because of mental health it just hard to keep living earth no one cares about me I just want die everyone will be happy when I live
Thanks for your lovely video and thanks for your books , your video and your books so so help me 😘😘❤️❤️
Really appreciate it , you are awesome 😎 proud of you ❣️❣️
Thank you Jazz, for sharing your story and writing your book. It has literally kept me fighting over these last few weeks. You are the reason I am alive. You are amazing. Xx
I’m so excited for this next chapter of your life!! Can’t wait to watch more of your TH-cam Videos 💗💗
I wish I could like this a million times.
Sameeee
I have heard your story so many times and it still continues to inspire and move me! You are truly an amazing woman Jazz!! You need to do a Q&A with Dr Steph x
You really help lots of people ❤️❤️❣️❣️and i am really happy to have your books , thanks for your help ❤️❤️
Wow I’ve only recently found you! That monkey bar story sparked a memory I had from school when I was 16! During dance the ‘popular’ group of girls would wipe there hands after they had to hold my hand in the dance! I’m 30! And I totally forgot that even happened until just watching this video!
So excited you started a channel! You have inspired so much. Look forward to more videos!
I am soooo happy you started a TH-cam channel you are such an inspiration person
Glad you've shared your story Jazz x
4 years ago, at 22 years old i almost took my own life. I was abused as a kid, broken, depressed, anorexic, bulimic, suicidal. I went in & out of psych units like it was a game of Chess. Suicide watch. I was on enough Antidepressants to kill a horse. I hated myself. I wanted out. I wanted the pain to stop. The gaslighting* to end. *(when a psycho makes a sane person question their own sanity, and thus think they themselves are the insane one).
I wanted power. I got into witchcraft. I thought it would give me the identity i wanted, to be set apart from people who hurt me. It only made me sicker. Sicker. Thats what it did to me.
The doctors said i’d never get well. That i would suffer severe Chronic Manic depression, and never be well, that id be stuck on antidepressants all of my life.
I would plot suicide on a daily basis, binging and purging my food as often as opening and closing a door. The pain was too real. People choked me. Assaulted me. Told me i was ugly, i felt worthless. Nothing ever got better. Then my mother died. The (1) & only soul who ever loved /emotionally supported me was removed from the earth. I was stuck living with people who broke me, ruined my identity, thus causing me to hate God. I thought God hated me, that he was just like the ones who tortured me, a family of abusers, who cover up all their actions with the mask of religion. I didnt know that God is on my side. I didnt know that Jesus would Love and Defend me, and fight for me and that He later would heal me, rescue me from Family. The ones who caused me pain. The ones who choked me for wearing a necklace.
I moved out after family threatened to throw all my belongings on the front yard, and have me permanently institutionalized in an insane asylum, when they were the ones who caused my mental illness via abuse.
They blamed me for the abuse they did to me.
To take my life in an insane asylum when they were the ones who made me suicidal.
Next morning i spoke with my dead moms parents who let me live with them.
I stayed on the antidepressants, prescribed. But they only made me sicker. I got deeper and deeper into witchcraft, thinking it was a solution. But it made me even more suicidal. Self hatred was inescapable. All my cards have fallen down. I have nothing left. But out. I wanted out.
I decided i was going to kill myself. I was going to take all my pills.
But then Jesus stepped in. I didnt die. I surrendered my life to Jesus to make me well and heal me.
The deity i blamed for me being abused wanted to heal me. He Was fighting for me and Loved me all along.
He wanted to love me. He wanted to give me His Heart.
HE LOVES ME. JESUS. LOVES. ME .
Jesus miraculously healed me - i am off all drugs and dont need them and i dont have any mental illnesses. I am totally healed , full of joy.
I’m now a born again Christian, in my 20’s who wants the entire world to know that JESUS WANTS TO HEAL YOU
HE. LOVES. YOU.
THANK YOU JAZZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great vid, thanks for sharing your experience. I'm new to youtube and making vids about mental health and similar stuff, and it's awesome to see what other people are sharing. Thanks again.
I remember seeing an article about your faith and how that and the community you found in the church helped you through some rough times... but I haven’t heard it in any of the documentary/web series or on your tik toks... I’d be super interested in hearing that side of your story sometime!! I know your speaking roles are on TH-cam, but it would be cool to hear it in a little more detail and kind of where you are now rather than the quick overview you give during speeches at events!
I believe it will be better in two years for me
When will ur book be available in the UK? Really want to read as I'm currently inpatient u are so inspirational, keep fightimg xxxx xxx
Hi Hannah, how have you been?? Hug!😊
I’m so sorry u went through that x I’m so glad ur still here today c
Jazz, you truly are a hero. You’re the reason I’m 7 days su!c!de attempt clean. You’re the reason I’m still here today
Thank you for everything you do jazz. I recently made it to my 23rd birthday and that’s thanks to you. I found you on TikTok a few months ago as I was planning to end it all for good. Had it all figured out and found you and your story of hope the day before. Thank you for sharing your story and giving people like me some hope that it will get better. (Even if I sometimes don’t believe it) :)
your the best mental health advocate ever jazz i hope you can come to the uk so i can meet you
Thank you for everything you have done for others it has helped so many people 💗
Could you possibly do a video on how to ask for help if you’re struggling ❤️
Hey I know you’ll probably never see this but i just want to say thank you . You saved my life. Im a 12 year old who had attempted suicide 4 times in 2 years. Your story showed me im not alone. You are amazing despite the feedback anyone gives you. Thank you, you saved me. Now im 1 month free of self harm.
ive always suffereered with depression...but this time it feels differnt..like beyond depression if thats even possible..im in a really dark place..im making plans to end things,,im sorting out finances etc...and no one knows..what a waste of a life
Been following you from tik tok , keep inspiring people ❤️. Ily 😍.
Jazz, thank you for being an advocate and bearing the burdens of others. I am seeing the traumas that I have been through more as a gift rather than a curse. I used to think that I would never be able to tell anyone about what I have been through. It wasn't until I got to college that I really saw how the traumas were affecting my life and I asked God for help in speaking up. Now I have shared my full testimony with so many people and it is so freeing. Anyone seeing this please read, 2 Corinthians 17-18; Matthew 28-30; 1 Peter 5: 10-11. There is HOPE!
Omg thank you so much for sharing your story this gave me some hope that things will get better. Love you and I love what you are doing ❤️❤️❤️❤️
I love you Jazz thank you so much!!