15 Years Later: A Tribute to Ryan

Hi, I'm Kyle and some of you may may know me as Blade_BossEDC. I've expiernced death by suicide first hand. 15 years ago this year (2025) my brother decided to take his own life, thinking it was a better option than reaching out and saying he needed help. I understand this to a certain extent. I know what it's like not to feel like life is worth living anymore. I myself struggled with addiction and mental health issues for alot of my own life. Thankfully I was never able to fully achieve suicide.

Since my brother took his life I've had a very strong respect for life and how precious it truly is. I've been able to maintain 9 consistent years of sobriety and mental health stability as I continue to grow.

In honor of my brother Ryan AND the 15th year anniversary of his decision I hope and pray we together can raise 2,000$ to donate to the AFSP.

I fully support them and their mission. I also plan on doing the out of the darkness suicide prevention and awareness walk here in Chicago in 2025.

I'm also growing my hair to donate it to locks of love on June 30th 2025 because my brother loved to have long hair, and I myself have never actually grown it out.

I hope we can achieve this goal together and that I can help bring a little bit awareness to mental health and suicide prevention.

Thank you! I would appreciate it if you could share this with anybody to help bring awareness.