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For my critical reflection I attended the suicide prevention presentation with keynote speaker Jamie Tworkowski. Prior to attending this event, I wasn’t very excited. I thought that it would be a boring lecture where someone stood up and talked about suicide. I didn’t think it would tell me something I didn’t already know. It began with the discussion of Jamie’s organization called To Write Love on Her Arms and how it started with his desire to help a friend who was struggling with addiction and self harm and share her story. Her story first appeared on myspace and quickly after the page received thousands of comments and responses, Jamie realized that this is an issue that reaches everybody. Today, the organization has flourished into a†¦show more content†¦If you feel as though you can’t find your place in this world, one day you will and if you don’t stay, you will never find out. I think the purpose of this phrase was to show tha t things will only get better and if you don’t like the way things are, you have the power to change that. For instance, if you don’t like your major, change it or if you hate your job, find one that you enjoy. The main goal of this campaign is to tell people that they are not alone with their pain, so they call and make that appointment to get the help that they need. With this goal in mind, I think UConn is doing a good job helping its students get the help that they need. Having the CSD on campus, a walking distance for all students, is an easily accessible resource solely dedicated to helping students who are struggling. By providing therapy, it gives students at least one person that they know they can trust and just talk to about anything they are having difficulty with. They also offer drop in consultations and yoga classes as a way for people to just connect with one another. Contrasting to my initial thoughts, it was completely different from my expectation. T he way the presentation was structured was unlike anything I had seen before, but in a good way, where the audience was intrigued and paying attention that even when the scheduled ending time had come the audience still stayed to hear Jamie speak. Overall, I thought thisShow MoreRelatedCritical Reflection : Critical Self Reflection1614 Words   |  7 PagesThis reflective log is a critical self-reflection of the insight gained while developing and practicing my leadership skills in the workshops. In order to start the self-reflection it is important to define the framework to be used. 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