So Aug Dog… how do i become Big Animal on Campus

Thank you so much Augie. I have waited long and hard for this

P.s. Did you give me my badge? Cause its not there

Wow that is so great. I am so excited to join their ranks too. Next stop for me… Big Animal On Campus… now how do I become that?

Yay thanks Augie. So what do Administrator do?

Ok :)

Hey Augie can I become an Administrator

Augie; Just in case the info below this does not send in mass message, could you get it out. It needs to be stated as I know people have friends or family thinking about it or they themselves are. I don’t want another family to loose their son/daughter to suicide, or a friend to loose their closest friend

Please pray for the students at my school, as well as a family. Sunday, April 5th, 2015 a Freshman at my school decided to commit suicide. From everything I was able to see today from my school was that she is loved dearly and sadly did not see it. I never knew her, but my heart reaches out for her family and friends. She was too young to die.

Please, everyone if you are thinking about suicide or are depressed, please talk to someone you trust. The best thing to do is to talk to someone, as they can help you through it. You are not weak for reaching out for help, you are strong.

Sorry if this sounds rude to some who have thought about it, but Suicide is NOT the answer. You are fleeing from your problems, when you have family and friends around you willing to help. You may not see it, as Depression and Suicidal thoughts make you feel alone, but you are always loved.

So many people have lost family and/or friends to Suicide, and it breaks everyone’s heart.

I may not know how it feels with the Freshman that decided to commit suicide, but I do know how it feels when one of your closest friends who shuts everyone around her out and then attempts. I don’t cry in front of people often, but I bawled my eyes out at school when I was told, as did my whole group.

If you need help please contact:

National Suicide Hotline: 800-784-2433

Suicide Prevention: 877-727-4747

Cutting Yourself?: 800-366-8288 (800-DONTCUT)

Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 800-273-8255

Or you can go online at

Teen Central: www.teancentral.net

The Samaritans: www.samaritans.org

Signs on Suicide:

• Talking, reading, or writing about suicide/death

• Talking about feeling worthless/helpless

• Saying things like: “I’m going to kill myself”, “I wish I were dead”, or “I shouldn’t have been born”

• Visiting or calling people to say GOODBYE

• GIVING THINGS AWAY OR RETURNING BORROWED ITEMS

• Organising or cleaning bedroom “for the last time”

• Self-destructive behavior like self-cutting

• Obsessed with guns/knives

• Previous Suicidal thoughts/attempts

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Signs of Depression

• Feeling sad, empty, or numb

• Sleeping a lot/having trouble sleeping

• Feeling tired all the time; repeatedly falling asleep in class

• Feeling hopeless, helpless, worthless, or quilty

• Feeling angry or moody, crying easily, chronic worrying, or experience panic attacks

• Avoiding friends; feeling alone even when with friends

• Loss of interest in things that use to be fun

• Difficulty concentrating, doing school work, remembering things, or making decisions

• Eating disturbances (eating to little or too much; puking)

• Recurring headaches, backaches, or stomachaches

• Alcohol or drugs to escape or mask feelings

• Thinking about, planning, or attempting suicide

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NEVER PROMISE TO KEEP THE SECRET IF SOMEONE IS THINKING ABOUT COMMITTING SUICIDE. IT YOU DO, DON’T FEEL BAD ABOUT TELLING SOMEONE IN AUTHORITY OR THEIR PARENTS

Trust me telling a parent or someone of authority at your school helps. I had a friend on a 2nd facebook to hide from her mom think about committing suicide and was wanting drugs. She got to the point that I couldn’t help her anymore and she was honestly planning to commit suicide. I took pictures of the facebook and found her mom on her actual facebook. I sent those pictures to her mom, knowing that if she found out it was me, that she would probably hate me. I knew she would probably never want to be my friend again. Her mom also knew that, and didn’t tell her who warned her. Her mom had her show her the facebook and then delete it, took her to therapies, minimized her time on her laptop and games, and hung out with her by taking her out to the beach and Disneyland to show her that she was loved. If I never told her mom, my friend would most likely of tried to commit suicide by now. I don’t regret telling her mom as it was the right thing to do. It’s hard to tell someone; as I talked to my mom and another friend that was trying to help our friend out. They both told me to tell her mom. My mom supported me and knew this could break the friendship, but she also knew I had to or I would live with the regret of knowing she committed suicide due to the posts of depression on her facebook and skyping me

Please do not keep it a secret! It might break a friendship, but in the end you are doing the right thing to tell someone of authority.

Also if you need any help, this site: http://www.withhopefoundation.org/ is extremely helpful. The mother who created the foundation lost her 14 year old daughter to Suicide and never wanted anyone else to suffer like their family and friends have over the death. They have people ready to help someone no matter what. I went to a walk for this foundation, and a student in a school near me had contacted them as she was going through a rough time and thinking about Suicide. With the help of everyone in the foundation, she was able to get back out of the state she was in, and ended up making a club at her school to help other students in the same situation.

It’s not easy to deal with any disorder, as I have experienced some of them personally, and I have family and friends with others. It’s hard to get out of the state of depression, I have been through it and my Grandma has Manic Depression, but out of my own experiences and from friends who have been in a depressed state, talking to someone helps. Even if it’s someone you don’t know who is from one of the links or numbers I posted.

Suicide Facts

Did You Know?

• A person dies by suicide every 12.9 minutes in the U.S.

• Over 40,000 people in the U.S. kill themselves every year.

• Suicide is the second leading cause of death for 10-24 year olds.

• 1 out of 5 high school students will consider suicide.

• 1 out of 12 college students has a suicide plan.

• More children and young adults die from suicide every year than from cancer, heart disease, AIDS, birth defects, stroke and chronic lung disease combined.

• Nearly 1,000,000 people make a suicide attempt every year.

• There are an estimated 8-25 attempted suicides to 1 completion.

• Males are four times more likely to die from suicide than females.

• Females attempt suicide four times more than males.

• In 2003 one out of sixty-five Americans lost someone to suicide.

• Each day in our nation there are an average of over 5,400 suicide attempts by young people grades 7-12.

• More people die from suicide than from homicide.

• 1 out of 4 people diagnosed with bi-polar disorder will attempts suicide.

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What is Depression?

There is so many more disorders that can cause suicidal attempts, but 1 out of 6 of Depression patients will attempt or succeed in committing suicide

Hi Augie. I have noticed some animals are Ambassadors and Student Admins. How do I become either of them?

Hey Augie,

So Rain, our other friend, and I decided to make a Big Animal on Campus Blog on Tumblr to hopefully attract more people to AU and to help existing members. You can tell what we are doing in the description :)

We will post about events going on, parties, and daily news going on. We might also address issues there and answer questions. Rain is also queuing cute animal pictures up c:

If you have any advice on what we should add, let us know! We will link the Facebook and Twitter too, soon.

~Mirage

how do u get more than one room

This ALL sounds great, guys…. GTG for now, but see you tomorrow and glad to help with anything you need. Just let me know. : )

Augie

So are they to see which house is the ‘toughest’ or most active??

Thats fine with me.

Hey Augie, what are the Greek Standings for? How are they determined?

Hey Augie. I am thinking of having a home coming dance…. what do you think?

They are all up now :)

Welcome. Now GRR isn’t up…

-Hey Augie, I have a fix for points for the houses on the games:

1st place: 15 points

2nd place: 10 points

3rd place: 5 points

4th place: 1 point

Also, I can’t find the MEW poster in the Greek Store

I love the culinary arts. And humanities… but I am not a big fan of the physical education.

Now how do we become sophomores and juniors and seniors?