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The #SameHere movement, within the Global Mental Health Alliance, consists of multiple groups including the #SameHere Influencer Alliance, Advocate Alliance, Celebrity Alliance, and Authors. Darren Rovell founded the Influencer Alliance, leveraging his large following to promote mental health awareness globally. The Advocate Alliance celebrates those working on mental health issues across various conditions, while the Celebrity Alliance showcases prominent figures sharing personal stories of overcoming life challenges. The #SameHere Authors highlight how life struggles shape their storytelling, emphasizing the shared impact of trauma on mental health.

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Morgan Dupe Rodgers

May 27, 1997; 22 years-old

Determined, talented, compassionate, smart, athletic, hilarious

We believe a career ending injury was a contributing factor to her mental health struggles. Her role and contributions to the team were unclear and her identity was wrapped up in her sport in college. Before college her world seemed bigger, but competing at this higher level monopolized her experiences and reduced her world to simply a lacrosse player.

We didn’t know anything about mental health before this. It was a topic that we really didn’t talk about – not because we avoided it, but because it just didn’t come up. Mental health struggles can be invisible, and they can happen to anyone. It doesn’t matter how you were raised, the food you ate or the stability in your childhood. I guess we just thought mental health struggles could be prevented like physical injuries. Some can, but sometimes they’re inevitable.

Morgan was an all-American girl next door. She had a solid, stable family life, lots of friends, lots of interests, and loved all sports. If mental health complications can happen to her, they can happen to anyone. It is clear to all who knew her, she would want us to try and prevent another family’s pain. The stigma that surrounds mental health complications (and illness) is what prevents others from getting the help they deserve. It’s what prevented Morgan. By sharing Morgan’s story, we are attempting to normalize the conversation so others can easily ask for help – remove any barriers.

Suicide is often misunderstood. It is not an attention-seeking action. It is not selfish. It is not a choice. It is not a crime. It is a devastating result of mental health complications leading to an illness. Sometimes it is a result of an untreated illness, sometimes an unsuccessfully treated illness. Either way it is important to realize that although it may seem an avoidable outcome, sometimes it is not. The correct term is “died by suicide,” not “committed”. You would never accuse someone of committing cancer.

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