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A Letter from OUR FOUNDER.

We are here for you and want to do everything we can to help you navigate the tough areas of life. We know what it is like to not feel good enough, to feel overwhelmed, unworthy, confused and depressed. This site was not only developed so that you would feel hope in the darkness, but also so that you would feel confident in knowing that you are not alone and help is available to you. We hope that if you are struggling with any of the following issues, you will take immediate steps towards healing by using the resources on this page. Remember that your story matters, your life is essential, and there is always light at the end of the tunnel .

Krista DEYOUNG
Founder & CEO

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Anxiety

You should seek help if:

  • You experience episodes of intense fear or panic, that may be accompanied by one or more of the following sensation: racing heart, sweating, lightheadedness, shortness of breath, chest pains, extreme nervousness, shaking and a sense that something terrible will happen.
  • You find yourself avoiding certain situations because you are afraid that anxiety might spike or you might have a panic attack.
  • You constantly feel worried or nervous your worrying is interfering with your social, sleep and eating patterns.
Get help now

Eating disorder

You should seek help if:

  • You have an intense fear of gaining weights.
  • You have uncontrollable eating binges during which you consume large amounts of food and afterwards make yourself vomit.
  • You go through long periods of time without eating or eating very little as means of weight control.
  • It is very important to you that you are thinner than all of your friends.
  • You use laxatives or diuretics as a means of weight control.
Get help now

SUICIDE

You should seek help if:

  • You have suicidal thoughts or plan of any kind
  • You are experiencing an increase in drug or alcohol use
  • You have withdrawn from your family or friends and experience dramatic mood changes.
  • You often think like: “I don’t want to live anymore”, “there is nothing to live for anymore”, “people will be better off without me”
  • You feel hopelessness or purposelessness you are taking part in aggressive, impulsive and/or violent acts.
Get help now

Anxiety

You should seek help if:

  • You experience episodes of intense fear or panic, that may be accompanied by one or more of the following sensation: racing heart, sweating, lightheadedness, shortness of breath, chest pains, extreme nervousness, shaking and a sense that something terrible will happen.
  • You find yourself avoiding certain situations because you are afraid that anxiety might spike or you might have a panic attack.
  • You constantly feel worried or nervous your worrying is interfering with your social, sleep and eating patterns.
Get help now

Eating disorder

You should seek help if:

  • You have an intense fear of gaining weights.
  • You have uncontrollable eating binges during which you consume large amounts of food and afterwards make yourself vomit.
  • You go through long periods of time without eating or eating very little as means of weight control.
  • It is very important to you that you are thinner than all of your friends.
  • You use laxatives or diuretics as a means of weight control.
Get help now

SUICIDE

You should seek help if:

  • You have suicidal thoughts or plan of any kind
  • You are experiencing an increase in drug or alcohol use
  • You have withdrawn from your family or friends and experience dramatic mood changes.
  • You often think like: “I don’t want to live anymore”, “there is nothing to live for anymore”, “people will be better off without me”
  • You feel hopelessness or purposelessness you are taking part in aggressive, impulsive and/or violent acts.
Get help now

Depression

You should seek help if:

  • You have been experiencing symptoms of depression for more than two weeks you have trouble getting out of bed in the morning.
  • You feel an overwhelming sense of hopelessness the people around you are starting worry about you.
  • You have suicidal thoughts or are self-harming
  • your depression is seriously interfering with your ability to function at school or work, with your family, and in your social life.
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Depression

You should seek help if:

  • You have been experiencing symptoms of depression for more than two weeks you have trouble getting out of bed in the morning.
  • You feel an overwhelming sense of hopelessness the people around you are starting worry about you.
  • You have suicidal thoughts or are self-harming
  • your depression is seriously interfering with your ability to function at school or work, with your family, and in your social life.
Get Help Now

Self HArm

You should seek help if:

  • You are injuring yourself, even in a minor way, or if you have thoughts of harming yourself.
  • you are intentionally causing harm to yourself including cutting words or symbols, hitting or punching, piercing, pulling out hair or continuously interfering with wound healing.
Get Help Now

Trauma

You should seek help if you: 

  • Have suicidal thoughts or plan of any kind
  • Are experiencing flashbacks 
  • Are experiencing an increase in drug or alcohol use
  • Have withdrawn from your family or friends and have experienced dramatic mood changes.
  • Have experienced an unwanted sexual encounter of any kind 
  • Have experienced violence, witnessed violence or has experienced an emotionally negative event that is weighing on you
  • Feel hopelessness or purposelessness 
Get Help Now

Self HArm

You should seek help if:

  • You are injuring yourself, even in a minor way, or if you have thoughts of harming yourself.
  • you are intentionally causing harm to yourself including cutting words or symbols, hitting or punching, piercing, pulling out hair or continuously interfering with wound healing.
Get Help Now

Trauma

You should seek help if you: 

  • Have suicidal thoughts or plan of any kind
  • Are experiencing flashbacks 
  • Are experiencing an increase in drug or alcohol use
  • Have withdrawn from your family or friends and have experienced dramatic mood changes.
  • Have experienced an unwanted sexual encounter of any kind 
  • Have experienced violence, witnessed violence or has experienced an emotionally negative event that is weighing on you
  • Feel hopelessness or purposelessness 
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If any of these things are true for you, you shoul If any of these things are true for you, you should seek help now. Sometimes we convince ourselves that we are doing something to be “healthier” or gain control of life, but in the pursuit we may be blind to the dysfunction of the behaviors. Health and healing are possible! Visit the resources page at girlabove.com or connect with a counselor in your area for support.
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If you have ever been bullied, you know how absolu If you have ever been bullied, you know how absolutely devastating it can be. Comment a piece of advice that you have for someone struggling to see past what other people say about them. You never know who it might help! 
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Today is National make a friend day! Get out there Today is National make a friend day! Get out there and meet someone awesome!
Word on the street is that skinny jeans are "out?" Word on the street is that skinny jeans are "out?" True or false? How do we feel about this?
What have YOU learned from forgiving someone? . . What have YOU learned from forgiving someone? 
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#forgiveness #anxietyadvice #depressionhelp #anxietyquotes #mentalhealth #wisdom #suicideawareness #friendship
Running from our pain or problems might seem like Running from our pain or problems might seem like the easiest route, but more times than not,  this is an illusion. Genuine and lasting healing is often found along the path with no shortcuts but rather  through dealing with a situation directly or enduring the season of hardship. Eventually you will come through to the other side 🖤
In a world where EVERYTHING is tempting to define In a world where EVERYTHING is tempting to define you, label you, gain your loyalty and inform your worldview.. seek the truth. The actual truth. Not just opinions or feelings or secondhand gossip. This will require you to take pause when people say mean things to you, or when you think deplorable things about yourself.. stop and ask “is that true?” And then ask God to help you see what is true about you. Ask God to show you where you have bought into lies about yourself and others. The truth is knowable and we do not have to simply sit back and receive everything we are given. 💙
Hey girl, idk about you but i’ve spent the past Hey girl,  idk about you but i’ve spent the past year comparing every inch of myself to others. whether be on the internet or real life. and i just go over and over all the things about my body that i wish i could change. i’m not here to tell you i’ve figured it out, or that i have a new found perspective and that i all the sudden love me for me. bc honestly i’m far from that. this also isn’t a pitty party, it’s just me being open and vulnerable for a moment.  i saw this video (swipe) the other day and it shocked me. i know this isn’t something new, we all know how photoshop works. but seeing all these iconic women get their bodies transformed to some unattainable level is so disheartening. but on the plus side, i saw beyoncé have a slight double chin and it made me feel a little bit better about mine. even the perfect aren’t perfect. also, who the heck defined perfect?  i so badly want my confidence back. i so badly don’t want to worry about my appearance any more or the weight i’ve gained, all my clothes that don’t fit, or my crooked teeth or my really unfortunate haircut.  so i took a selfie. for the first time in i don’t know how many years. i intentionally sat down and took a selfie....to find some positives about myself again. to love myself again. to take one step towards building back my confidence. i’ve gotten so concerned with the outside that i have completely crumpled on the inside.  this is the only piece of advice i have right now, and you don’t have to even say it out loud, find one thing you like about yourself. start there. tell your closest confidant. tell yourself. tell God. and ask him to help replace the intrusive thoughts with kind ones.  yes i’m a mess. but i’m still here and God still sees me. the only flaws i want to be concerned about are in my character.  and as for me...i love my skin. 🖤
- @wowcharlottereally 
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I’ve been reflecting on something over the past I’ve been reflecting on something over the past few weeks and I would like to share it. •  After I heard the Gospel for the first time when I was in 8th grade, I decided to invite Jesus into my heart. I was so excited about this Good News that I couldn’t not accept it. There was something different about the faith I was living out in 8th grade compared the to faith I’m living out now. 5 years ago, I loved Jesus, but I wasn’t living my life for Him. When we say “I dedicated my life to Jesus”, a lot of people don’t know exactly what that means and how to do that. A lot of people invite Jesus into their heart without living their life for Him. •  LIVING for Jesus is pursuing Him every single day. LIVING for Jesus is not just being a fan of His, but a follower of Him. LIVING for Jesus is much more than just loving Him, it’s constantly making decisions for Him and based on what His word says. •  Do you think that you’ve truly dedicated your life to Jesus to follow Him and live for Him everyday, or do you think you’ve just accepted Him into your heart? What would it look like for you to live everyday for Him?  -@torijankowski
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