
The project claims how they aim to "present hope and love to those who are struggling with depression, suicide, addiction, and self-injury". They have also been known to encourage people who have struggled with mental illness or lost someone to suicide to draw or tattoo a semicolon onto their bodies, to create a bond between the people who carry them.
On Semicolon Day, the project teams up with tattoo shops across the globe to give out free semicolon tattoos. Semicolon Day is all about Mental Health Awareness and inspiring the world to take action. The people working for Project Semicolon aren't mental health trained so they do advise individuals to use other hotlines if they are in a crisis.
The project has become worldwide and many people are aware of what the semicolon means but if you aren't then the project explained how "a semicolon is used when an author could've chosen to end their sentence, but chose not to. The author is you and the sentence is your life".

In 2017, Project Semicolon released a paperback book called 'Your Story Isn't Over' which reveals dozens of stories from people of all ages, speaking about what they have been through and what they hope to achieve in the future. The book allows other people who struggle to feel less alone and I am definitely going to be purchasing it myself. The book can be purchased from Amazon here.
Thank-you for reading, Tay x
Links & Resources:
Project Semicolon: https://projectsemicolon.com/
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Semicolon
Instagram: @projsemicolon
Book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Project-Semicolon-Your-Story-Isnt/dp/0062466526
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