R&S: Do you have any life stories/lessons you'd like to share?

My story's not worth listening to, but it's worth a try. Last year, I ended up in depression. I just couldn't go on anymore.

I just gave up on everything. One day, I decided to drown myself, picking a time where nobody would see me. Just as I was at the edge of the river I said to myself "They thought I was fine, but In reality, I'm not okay."

I was reminded of I'm Not Okay, by My Chemical Romance, and decided to sing, one last time. I couldn't stop singing. I wanted to listen to that song.

That's how I realised-That if I did go through, that I would be missing out on the music I liked, all the things I liked, on the dreams I had and the people I knew. All those things would be gone. I haven't done anything like that since.

So next time someone said music saved their life, listen to them-They may be telling the truth. ....I told you my story wasn't worth listening to.

I do have a story actually. When I was 10 years old, I lost my mom to cancer. It absolutely ruined me.

I was clinically depressed and suicidal. One night I was sitting on the floor of my bedroom… and, well, I was going to do it. I just didn't know what to do without my mom anymore.

I wanted to be with her and be free of the pain. I'd been listening to music and this song came on… "forsaken, I live for those I lost along the way". The song was Fade Away by Breaking Benjamin, and it stopped me.

After that I just got more and more into music like that. I could understand and relate to the lyrics and it made me feel less alone. The pain never completely stopped, and without music I probably wouldn't be here today.

It's been four years and I'm still alive… music is why.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.