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Christopher Ashworth is a third-year student at the University of Northern Colorado, who lives at the top floor of Turner Hall and likes to play video games with his friends across the world, online. To his friends, Ashworth says he is known for his dry sense of humor, but ever since he could remember, Ashworth has had to deal with depressive thoughts. About a week into his freshman year in 2017, Ashworth failed his first calculus test and found himself dealing with some incredibly dark, depressing thoughts.
âI had always struggled with depression as a teenager, but, like, my family didnât believe in therapy, so I never really received help for it. So, I thought it would be good for me to, you know, actually receive professional help,â Ashworth said.
Crisis resources:
If you or a loved one need help, you can contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline for free, confidential crisis counseling 24/7 at 1 (800) 273–TALK (8255) or Lifeline Chat at suicidepreventionlifeline.org/chat. You may also visit San Diego County’s “It’s Up 2 Us” site up2sd.org or call the local hotline at 1 (888) 724-7240.
My beautiful, vibrant mom struggled with lifelong, chronic depression. It recently took her to a dark place where her own brain lied to her and told her there was no other way out than to take her own life. Her brain told her horrible things about herself horrible things this sweet, kind woman grew up hearing from her own mother. And even worse, her brain told her that we would be better off without her. Depression and anxiety are beasts that haunt my family. My beautiful mother felt unworthy of the love we all have for her. If our love could bring her back to us, it would.
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But ART 321 plans to fight against those things using the arts.
The conference is scheduled for May 20 to 22 in Casper. And Wyoming Public Radio s Naina Rao talked with the nonprofit s executive director, Tyler Cessor, about the need for a conference like this right now.
Tyler Cessor: Everything that was a concern before the pandemic is only exacerbated now, right? So this is the first statewide effort to bring together a coalition of artists, health care providers, community service providers, anyone that is interested in improving the health outcomes of Wyoming residents through the arts.