Hannah Dains - "Don't Kill Yourself Today" | All Def Poetry x Da Poetry Lounge | All Def Poetry

no one will care, but this poem saved my life.
thanks.

i heard a story once of a woman who didn't kill herself because she smuggled a cat into her no-pets-allowed apartment. no one would know about the cat, because it was also outside a large amount of the time. the cat would run away and likely starve to death. she didn't kill herself because no one would feed her cat. she's alive because she didn't want her cat to die with her.
sometimes small things mean survival.

"It is a bad day
Not a bad life"
I love this so much

"dont kill yourseld because i will keep coming up with reasons not to and i need you to hear ALL of them." 💚

I love the little thank you at the end

I finally had my first " i cant wait for tomorrow"
she was right. just keep hanging in there be grateful for the little things

i saw that cryptic viral tik tok and did some searching so now i’m here

I love her little "thank you" at the end...kinda threw me off going from so serious to adorable and bubbly. She did a good job i love it.

"Even when the dark comes crashing through, when you need a friend to carry you, and when you're broken on the ground, you will be found." -Dear Evan Hansen
It'll all be okay I promise, just hold on there and be strong. One day it'll all be okay.

This is a wonderful poem. I just don't understand why the people laughed when she spoke the first line. It seemed really insensitive considering the subject

I wish I read this poem before I tried to kill myself a few years ago. I'm in tears. Thank you for this poem

...not to be dramatic, but I was actually planning on killing myself tonight. I have a suicide note already written out, I have the key to my dad's gun closet. If it wasn't for this video, I would only have a few more hours left to live. Not to sound cliche, but this video just saved my life. If I hadn't happened to stumble upon it while watching a video a friend had sent me...fuck. I'm so fucking full of emotion. I don't think that this girl realizes how fucking great this poem is. Do you think she knows that she just saved someone's life?

absolutely beautiful. brought me to tears

This same reasoning is what kept me alive for a year or so, when I was actively suicidal. I would take scissors and hold them over my throats before sighing, thinking, there's still that undertale fan fiction I haven't finished. I'll do it when I finish it. And then there was another fanfic then another and suddenly it's 2017 and im still alive. Not happy, per say, I'm only happy when I'm in a fake world- I still feel the need to hide away in fiction instead of facing the truth, but, well, I'll work with it. Im still alive, after all.

Hannah Dains will never know that she has saved my life four times. But I'm putting this here anyway in case.

I finally got to "I can't wait for tomorrow" for the first time in five years 😊 Thank you for this poem.

For over three years, this poem is what has been keeping me alive. Everytime I'm one step from suicide, I think of all the sunrises I'll miss...

I love this but it pisses me off how the audience laughs instead of taking it seriously. And it really speaks to how people react to things about suicide.

SHE SEEMS LIKE SUCH A SWEET PERSON I WANNA BE HER FRIEND

Because of my depression I've been numb for a long time. I haven't really felt anything strong, other than exhaustion and pain. I have been extremely hopeless and suicidal for a while now. But this poem made me cry, This poem made me smile. This poem made me believe I have a chance at getting better, even tho every atom I consist of is screaming to me that I'm dying and there's no hope for me. So to Hannah Dains and to whoever uploaded this video to RUclips; thank you, thank you, thank you.

"Think of all the sunrises you will miss".
College had made a night owl out of me, and after six months of waking up in the afternoon at home I now sometimes get up early. Like everyone else, my sleep cycle is terrible but on some mornings I wake up before the sun while it's still a little chilly outside and I am coming to terms with the fact that for years I believed sunsets were more beautiful than sunrises because I had been missing all the beautiful mornings.

I had to read the lyrics before my heart could finally feel the emotions of the poem. And the last line, "I don’t need you to see it. I just need you to believe that you can make it until then," is so beautiful. I'm not sure why the people laughed at the first line... but amazing poem.

It's been 4 years since this was posted. So why are you still here? Is it because you finished your shampoo and conditioner at the same time and now you have nothing to live for? Is it because you need reminders on how worth it you are? Is it because you're finally doing better? Why ever you're here, I love you. This author loves you. Someone you haven't met yet loves you. Keep your head up.

Coming from someone suicidal, this actually makes a difference

I keep coming back to this poem because it no joke keeps saving my life

Such a beautiful piece.

"It's about fining those bedsheets in the darkness" legit the best words ever spoken. Idk you but i love you.

This is why I am still here, reasons like this. Every time I got close to that edge, when I wanted to give up. It was always one thought “who will walk my dog?” It was always one thought “but the new season comes out in November” it was always one thought “BTS has a new album in May”. These reasons may be small, may be silly, may not even be permanent. But they got me to today, and today I cannot wait for tomorrow because I have a life. I have friends, I have a job, I’m in school, I am doing things I didn’t think possible when I held that bottle of pills 6 years ago. But I was given hundreds of “just one more” and now I can see a life worth living. Don’t give up. Some problems do last, some traumas will never fade, and you will deal with it. But there is so much hope, there is so much to live for. You just need to fin that reason, no matter how small.

I was once told that every reason to stay alive is a good reason, no matter how silly it may seem and this poem reminded me of that

this girl just saved my life. not that it matters

I think the line that got me the most was when she said "Think of all the sunrises you'll miss. Think of all the tears you'll never shed."

I shared this 7 years ago. It came up on my memories and I still love it.
For all the people questioning why people laughed, it was her delivery and then the dark humor that we use to survive. Who hasn't been told they aren't allowed to give up on life by a friend?

The beautiful, individual, invaluable lives that this has saved... that is my reason I'm fighting for. That is my reason that this life is too good to give up on. If somewhere on earth today somebody watched a youtube video and a decided to keep on living their life then this is not a world I want to leave behind. I love every single one of you. Thank you

her little 'thank you' at the end was so cute

Thank you for saving my life over and over when I’ve fallen

no one really knows but i watch this video every night, just to make me laugh a little and give me the strength for tomorrow

I literally listen to this everyday, it helps me get through ❤️

I like the difference in power of her voice while reciting poem and at last while saying 'Thank You!'..

I felt the "I love you"
It gave me goosebumps and it felt like you really meant that... damn...

while everyone was busy making a poem about their depression she's the only person who write why you should live your life.

This poem may of just saved my life...

Girl... I think you just saved my life....

I suppose I was feeling particularly suicidal tonight. I'm glad I listened to this. I know the feelings will return, but it's good I survived another day. I'll keep pushing through, no matter how long it takes to get where I want to be

Wow, I love this and I totally needed to hear it

You might laugh, but one time I was thinking it should be the time for me, I remembered of all doctor who's​ episodes I would never get to see. I can see exactly like yesterday, years ago and it was the first time I was serious and fine about doing it, but while thinking on how I just remembered of doctor who, and...

guys even after that one month two months 5 years 10 years of darkness there is so much happiness, literally so much. You will get there eventually and when your there youll have a story to tell, and so many people will stay to hear that story.

This poem has saved my life many times.

What happens when your "temporary" problem isn't so temporary?

The timing of me finding this poem couldn't have been better.
My thoughts regarding death have gone from "I wished I never existed" to fantasies of jumping from a bridge (which was only a fantasy, and I didn't want it actually wanted it), to thinking I was going to die, to wishing I just dropped dead, to now imagne how easy it would be to take a bunch of pills and go to sleep, and vividly imagine how it feels to holding them and to swallow them.
This poem gave me a chuckle and a reminder of to give it one more day.

1:05 i will keep coming up with more reasons and I need you to hear all of them. That made me burst out I couldnt help it I cried so much.

“That video saved my life” -my best friend

It's 2022 and this poem still keeps me going.

gosh. I started crying 30 seconds in and didn't stop. I needed this. thank you.

I thought I already survived this feeling, but until now i’m still hoping to get out of this situation. Wish me luck

Love this. Even though it's such a serious topic, she still managed to make it light without sounding insensitive.

*Who ever in here to release some feelings. Know that you are not alone with huge struggles going through your body and mind. Being confused at which way to go from here.. but let me tell you something. Just the fact that you are here, is a sign of strenght. A sign from your heart that you are not done seeking, watching, hearing, viewing or breathing. One step at the time, one breath at the time. Can’t do 5 steps in a rush, the fall will make you feel it even more. Accept that reaching the top, takes time and is ment to be so. Even if you carry much more than the next person on your path, let it build you. There is nobody tougher and nobody warmer in heart than the one struggling but never quit. A few pit-stops here and there are more than fine. But know this, heroes are made from battlefield before they find their happiness. Not from fields of roses without knowledge about the down-times. Be proud of yourself and the journey you got. Answers will reveal themselves for those who fight. Be you and be happy about it.*

I've had this in my antianxiety/motivation playlist for years now and it still keeps me up and motivated to keep going when I hear this.

“Finding the bed sheets, instead of the noose”. That is brilliant and I felt that to my core. Thank you.

I had this poem, more specifically the “lyrical version“ of it on my phone for years. I never knew who the person was who was talking but the words made me cry each time I listen to it. They made me re-think my situation and gave me curage to not give up. All these years I was so thankful for this woman and the words she said because they simply kept me alive and showed me there is something in this world O would miss. I‘ve thought about ending it very often but whenever I found myself in the situation of having these thoughts I wached the video. Now looking back I‘m very thankful I didn‘t give up back then because I would‘ve missed some of the best moments in my life. I know I‘ll never get the chance to thank her personally but I hope that every person who is in a bad situation, mentally or else, finds its way out of it without ending their lifes. To everyone who‘s struggling with bad thoughts, it won‘t bad for ever because life is like the moon, it has its dark and bright side and in times of darkness don‘t give up because the brighter days will come.💛

i just love her voice at the end, "thank you"

This is a great piece ^-^

hey coming back like 7 years later to tell you this has saved my life more times than i can count. thank you.

“Think of all the sunrises you’ll miss.”

As someone who understands and has been in that dark spot in more recent years, this made me cry..
Thank you for making this, Hannah Dains.

This poem was beautiful because my best friend recently committed suicide and I miss her so much, I cry every night missing her

Can we also talk about how her "thank you" at the end was pretty much the cutest thing ever?

Why were people laughing? That's kinda messed up :/

It’s cute how she went through that rlly important speech and at the end she did a smile with a little “thank you”☺️

this poem has helped me so much that i have probably watched it 300 times. after strugling with anorexia for a year and a Half (starting when i was 12) i got sent to the hospatil with health issues from the eating disorder, they knew about my anorexia and sent me to a nutritionest after my discharge. unfortunatly i never really got the mental help i needed so i got depression, anxiaty and became very sucicidle. now im 14 and started recovery exactly a year ago. i am back in the same hospatil because of a drug overdose witch was my most recent suicide attempt a week ago. its so fucking hard to be alive rn but i thank god i found this even though it came out 5 years ago, i hope someone reads this coment and i hope you are doing ok and things will get better. i am finally getting my mental disorders treated after beeing fighting for 3 years. hope is there keep fighting xx

This is something not so serious yet shared a major part of seriousness and sensitivity....simply wonderful.!!!!!!!

Hannah, you are as amazing and talented and beautiful as your mother. Wonderfully insightful and inspiring work.

No one will see this I’m sure but this poem saved my life

i think this just saved my life thank you

Whenever I cant keep going I listen to this and thank god it was written. Thank you it saved my life

she reminds me of maebe from arrested development.. beautiful poem beautiful woman too!

I have struggled with suicide for a very long time. I honestly have to do this everyday. I tell myself "You haven't driven a car yet, wait until then" or "you haven't read the entire twilight series yet, those are nice and long" and so far, searching for little happinesses in the midst of depression has basically saved my life.

im crying

The way she said thank you so sweetly at the end killed me

She really did Kill it...💯at first I was like what is the chic talking about. But I thought about it, and I love it. 💯💯💯

i used to always tell myself "ill do it tomorrow, i just need to see them again" or maybe i need to get all A's or spend another morning with my sister. Promises kept me here, and maybe ill muster the courage... but thats a idea for tomorrow

Please. I need a hug. Please someone see this

So touching. She made me cry ☹️ can't understand why people were loving

i'm looking to use this poem in an anthology for an assignment for school. is there anyway I can get a written copy of this piece?

I am an avid #MentalHealthAwareness advocate and spoken word performer, and I love this so much. I travel the country trying to bring that awareness on stages, in classrooms, hospitals, and on my RUclips channel, so I get excited when I see other advocates.

Love this

This poem has saved me so many times and is always in my head on the dark days.

How do i tell my family i want to die. My parents little ray of sunshine. Called a Ho by the head of schools kid, depressed. Anxiety. I write about it but no one takes the words to heart.

I saw this 3 years ago, and this very video saved my life. thank you.

Love it, good work

I can say for a fact that this poem is the one and only reason I'm alive right now

I sent this to my friend who was just sent to that hospital for trying to kill herself and she called me crying saying that it helped her....

Because I definitely wanted to cry over some speech from 4 years ago right now in the middle of the night :)

Hannah from '13 Reason Why' needed to hear this 😭😭😭 And of course real people out there that look to suicide as a solution. Your beautiful and wonderful, live.

This is the one. I’ve cried to so many of these this morning. But this is the one that got through to me

I finished my shampoo and conditioner at the same time today.

This poem will save a lot of people. Thank you for writing this!

i was fine until the “i cant wait for tomorrow” but now i’m crying because right now i dread the next day. but one day. just maybe, i won’t.

Welp, this is one more thing to make me cry, but not because I am sad, but because I needed to hear this.

Damn should of subscribed earlier there is some good shit on here.

What hit me the most was looking though the comments and seeing not only so many people hurting, but so many more supporters to help them get though it. So if u are thinking about cutting, or killing yourself remember someone that might not even know u, CARES SO SO MUCH about YOU! cares so much what happens to u and your well being. So thank u all for that...