I don't think that I'll ever be able to thank you enough. Nothing has ever touched me as much as your story. I'm a 14 year old boy who has been depressed ever since I hit the major stages of puberty. I'm tall, muscular, good-looking, intelligent, popular in school, and of middle-class, but for some reason, I always used to constantly be depressed. So, just a few hours ago, I searched up on Google "best way to commit suicide", and your website was the top result. I read every single letter of every single page. After I finished reading, I cried for the first time in over 4 years. It wasn't a cry of sadness or anger or anything like that. For the first time in over four years, I was truly happy. You helped me discover that suicide isn't anywhere near a consideration for a solution to my problems. From now on, I'm just going to live my life happily the way that I want to live it. Please excuse my language, but fuck what anyone else thinks. I am who I am, and I'm proud of it. Thank you.

I was again at the bottom of that dark hole. I knew from previous experience (over decades) that these periods pass and I do feel better eventually. However, I was so sad, tired and angry after a barrage of criticisms from my family that I wasn't so sure this time that I wanted it to pass. Life held no prospect of future happiness for me. My husband wasn't around to talk to (talking really does help provided he doesn't try to belittle or solve my problems) so I decided he'd stopped caring too. I wanted a pain free suicide. The last thing I expected to stumble upon was a factual website explaining what would and would not be suitable while at the same time reflecting just how I felt to be researching suicide. The site was just so supportive. I'm going to bookmark it. Thank you so much for having the idea and making the effort. Another life has just been saved and made better by your generosity of spirit and funds. You've lifted my spirit enough to face more life.

I'm 17 years old, and have suffered from serious depressive symptoms for about 2 years now. I uh, I found this site when I was at my lowest. It helped. Knowing the facts really helped me snap myself out of my rut. There's something about the impartialness of this website that really cuts through the haze. So I'm glad that I bookmarked this page. I think it's sort of ironic the one place which gives me hope is a website titled lostallhope. Anyway, sorry I'm rambling. Thank you. Thank you so much. This is exactly the reminder I need to keep myself alive. I hope you are well. If I could, I would buy you a donut or something. I don't know, I just feel like saying thank you isn't enough to really show how I feel. But I guess it'll have to be enough for now. Thank you.

Earlier tonight I was looking up methods to painlessly kill myself when I found your site. For years (off and on), I planned several methods for killing myself, not realizing that suicide is NOT painless; that it is even dangerous if I were to fail. The three methods I had already tried were hanging, pills, and drowning. Obviously, I am still here. Thank you for making this site, because it helped me to see that were I to try again, I wouldn't be just hurting myself, but my daughter would lose her mother. I called a hotline you put on your "Help Me" page, and now I feel just enough to keep myself alive just a little while longer. I don't think I'll ever beat my suicidal thoughts completely, but at least I know of a place I can go any time I have those thoughts again. Thank you.

When I googled ways to commit suicide, your website was the first hit. And it helped me see that I can get through this. I read the help me section at least twice and then I went and talked to a friend. I am beginning to realize that I can't give up now... I have my whole life ahead of me. And then I think of my town. At least three people I know have committed suicide in the last year. My ex boyfriend tried to after we broke up and I decided that I couldn't do it because of how the people around me would react. I would not have come to this conclusion without this website. For that I am eternally grateful. Thank you for saving my life. And thank you for providing the light I needed at the end of the tunnel. Keep shining.

I just want to thank you for everything you've done for me, even though you don't know it. One night awhile back when I was writing my suicide letter, having a suicide plan in place, I stumbled upon your site. I favorited the website and almost 4 months later, I visit it everyday to reread every word you've written to show myself I'm not alone. I'm not quite over my depression and I haven't gotten my stuff together at all, but all that you've written has kept me alive and running for at least these past few months. Your story inspired me to keep moving and taught me that some day, it will get better. Thank you for sharing your story online, and please keep it up.