To Write Love On Her Arms - Renee feature on MSNBC

[DestinyKokesch]

I'm 13 ; im naming my daughter Renee or my son Jamie ; they've inspired me so much to not give up ; .

[MarlieManeatter]

Renee,

You are so gorgeous, Pretty, and sweet. You are a strong girl. Mostt wish and want to be as strong as you. Your storyy is one in a million, you have helped so manny people. Your storyy is a drug for us to keep going, to keep liveing, to strive for more, and to keep our eyes open for hope. We all have a story, some more than others, some share others hide. I am one of these people. I love and treasure your story forever. (: TWLOHA

[Omnomjackbarakat]

@fortheloveofmyworld Renee is a role Model she was able to overcome all of his addictions that many of young people have. She has been strong and addiction free now for three years! It may sound like a short period of time but it's not! I tried to stop cutting by myself and I didn't last a month. It's harder than you think I would appreciate less criticism.

[Fortheloveofmyworld]

For those that think Renee is a role model you're sick. How can you model your life after someone who became addicted to drugs and cutting, then decided one day to finally stop. Your role model should be those people that are a positive influence on your personal life. Not a girl that decided to practically destroy her life before she put it back together. Let those that get it right the first time be your role model. Those that have their life together from the start.

[babybrockers]

@Fortheloveofmyworld she didnt decide to destroy her life, what she decided was to put her life back together! you have no idea what it's like to go through something like this and she does have a positive influence on people's personal lives, she gives people the hope that life will get better. she gives people the inspiration to get help! nobody is perfect, nobody gets it right from the start. Maybe you should educate yourself before speaking about things you dont know anything about

[ParisActor]

It makes me sad that a beautiful story like this with an ultimate message of love has hateful, ignorant and cruel comments littering its message board.

[dyiingtoosurviive]

Honetly, if you're gonna talk shit about Renee or anybody who self-injured, is addicted to drugs, or is depressed, then don't. You just sound fucking PATHETIC. So fuck off

[dyiingtoosurviive]

I love this girl so much. She's such an inspiration to me. I started cutting when I was 12, also and my friend (who also was cutting) told me about TWLOHA and well we both stopped but I STILL FUCKING LOVE RENEE YOHE!!!! x♥x

"The stars are always there

but we miss them in the dirt and clouds.

We miss them in the storms.

Tell them to remember hope.

We have hope."

~Renee Yohe; My Idol<33

[merfwriter]

oh my god did you all see that? She shape shifted. She had a reptilian hologram over her face.

[heartshapedloli]

Oh god, look at that fucking hipster. TWLOHA can suck my dick- they sell SHORT SLEEVED T-SHIRTS IN SMALL SIZES. They're about making money, not help.

[JosieJoyful]

@heartshapedloli the sizes are big enough, my dear. and they sell long sleeved things, too. you should look on the right categories at their store.

[amandaleighhoee]

@heartshapedloli

you're an ignorant asshole! how blind are you to think that it's all about money? the money goes towards charities and treatment programs. it's people like you who piss me off.

[dyiingtoosurviive]

@heartshapedloli Fuck you. TWLOHA isn't about making money, YOU'RE A FUCKING ASSHOLE

[fucktheemomusic]

If you kids would just smoke pot, you wouldn't feel the need to injure yourselves! This girl's scars aren't much worse than the ones I've given myself on my legs. Her life isn't much worse than mine and she looks like every other emo girl.

[JosieJoyful]

@fucktheemomusic so, your posting is about that your life was harder and your problems are worse than hers? it's not about who has got the deepest cuts. it's about hope.

[dyiingtoosurviive]

@fucktheemomusic Uhm wow fuck you. It's not about "whose life is harder" or "How deep the scars" its about HOPE AND HELP, dumbass. You're fucking pathetic.

[sydneylhrnz]

do u people not understand wht she is talking adout i cut mi self too soo ik wht she is talking adout i don't do drugs but i understad everthng she is talking adout

[dyiingtoosurviive]

@sydneylhrnz Ohai. I cut myself too. But i haven't in a year and a half =]] And you really shud try to stop....it's not worth it. I mean...you're depressed, and then you cut yourself, then you're left with these scars & regrets and why you did it, tehn you' are sad again and you cut again && again. It's just a vicious circle and if you need someone to talk to...im always here. & i don't judge ♥

[TheTrollWoman]

@dyiingtoosurviive Is that seriously all cutting is to you? Cutting isn't just a cycle its an addiction. When I was 13 I was sent to a camp for drugies on the other side of my country because I had been so majorly abused and I was addicted to cutting. I can't say I'm proud of myself. But every morning at that camp I woke up and saw my life in those scars, I don't regret anything, cause at the the time thats what I wanted. Now I look at my scars and I smile, I overcame that I'm stronger than that

[heartshapedloli]

As a self-harming bipolar person in recovery, this girl really grinds my gears. Urgh.

[RoseSlipper]

.... even if it's watching all renee's videos and being inspired by a story which perhaps isn't true. I don't feel i can comment on whether it is or not, seeing as I don't know anywhere near enough of either story. But that is beside the point, genuine depression should be addressed with any method that is going to help beat it, it doesn't matter what it is. It will save lives. talking from experience here.

[KatesFace101]

.....Why dont you save yourself some agro, and go on their myspace and read the story, it will take you ten minutes. it was a very fickle thing for you to say this may not be true.

[RoseSlipper]

did you even read my comments properly? i was not saying she was telling a lie, i was approaching the matter with an open mind. and i've read the story many a time, and it helped me through a lot of stuff, despite whether it was true or not. it was a very fickle comment that YOU just wrote. my comment was not filled with agro at all. i was replying to a guy who claimed to go to school with her and know her, i think you'll find your in the same position as i am in - an outsider on the situation.

[RoseSlipper]

depression is a chemical imbalance in the brain. simple as. it's purely scientific, no one creates it magically out of thin air, of course it can be triggered by certain events, but at the basis of it all, it's unpreventable. People who tell themselves and others they have depression to recieve attention are weak. People with genuine depression are NOT. And those people should do whatever it takes to help them get better, no matter what it is....

[jessie9865]

i dol this girl ;)

[vanaynay93]

TWLOHA is a very inspiring organization. Even if you don't agree with it or if you don't like Renee. It's showing that you can help and inspire people by just showing you care. Because you never know if what you do is just enough to send someone over the edge, or just enough to save them.

If you believe in her or the organization you should look at this as, you should start becoming a better person to help others and save others.

We shouldn't be out to get people.

HELP them.

Don't KILL them.

[MrsOberst]

Why does everyone feel the need to critise this girl?

TWLOHA isnt just about her, its about helping people. Saving people. It has given hope to so many people that would otherwise have been lost, that's the only thing that matters.

[caileydawnosaur]

How can someone deny her story? Nobody would waste time to tell someone their story for attention. She has said very touching words, and her poems are amazing. There are pictures to prove that she really did cut. That's not really the point, but all i'm saying is people really need to stop digging so much into trying to find out if she's a "liar" she's clearly telling us her story to BENEFIT people going through the same things she did, and to prevent it. to save lives.

[dumbutt3000]

And then she masturbated to a picture of Jesus.

[blondechic69]

she is my role model and you guys are all full of shyt! TWLOHA is amazing!!

[25lightersyessir]

Let me guess. You're underage and you looove MCR. That's the only group of people dim enough to idolize TWLOHA. I bet you're life is going to be great,; seeing as your role model is famous for being a loser who can't take care of herself.

[JessikahBby]

Okay, I understand your upset, and you know far more about Renee than any of us. But really ? Why do you feel the need to reply to everyones comments ? Why does it matter how old she is, or what music she listens to ? It doesnt. yeah, society is ignorant for allowing an organization to be built on lies, but I dont think that you knowing that gives you the excuse to be rude to everyone who believe in what she is saying. You cant discredit someones elses pain when you have never met them.

[blondechic69]

okay look, i am underage but no i don't listen to MCR. I cut and have tried to kill myself twice, I idolize her because she has gotten help and was able to stop

[BrunnetCuttie987]

you will never understand and i feel bad for you.

[deliciousMeal]

yeah "you will never understand". typical teenager response.

[BrunnetCuttie987]

haha okay i will give you that it was wicked stupid to say. i just ment that some people deal with things differently and i think its mean for you to call her a whore when the truth is you dnt know what she has been through and you dont no what its like to be her so to pass judgement like that is.. well dumb

[deliciousMeal]

i could very well understand what she has been through, as said in her own words, "this is everybody's story".

you don't understand the context in which i called her a whore. she is making a profit by exploiting her "story of redemption", or whoring herself out for a rehashing of a topic that has been done over and over.

[BrunnetCuttie987]

but dont you think she really could just be doing it to help people.there is no way she could have known it would get this big, so she wasnt aiming to make a profit out of her story.

[25lightersyessir]

Renee was the primary beneficiary at the beginning of TWLOHA. You're wrong

[25lightersyessir]

You're the most intelligent person to post in some time. Congrats, you have a working mind lol. Renee's a liar and it's evident to people with experiance in treatment centers and who have lived the lifestyle that renee claims she lived. But lied about. All these TWLOHA fucks are so sick. It's immoral and that goes way over these TWLOHA supporter's heads. They obviously don't understand dignity

[JessikahBby]

Personally, I think everyone needs to take a chill pill. TWLOHA has more to offer than Renee's story. Is she lying ? How would I know. Id like to think not, but who knows? I just think that the idea of loving people, and learning to be loved is what this is all about. Even if Renee is a fraud, the ideas of TWLOHA are still real, the concepts still mean something. People still feel pain, people still cut. Believe it or not, you can still take positive things from this without believing Renee.

[25lightersyessir]

You're so jaded. Renee's a liar and she's lying to our whole society. It's disgusting that they based an organization on lies. They arent trained or professional. TWLOHA is disgusting and a waste of good intentions

[JessikahBby]

All I was trying to say, is that the ideas and concepts of twloha still mean something, even without renee's story. Just because one silly girl told some big lies, doesnt mean you have to discount every single thing this organization has to offer. Jamie Tworkowski has some amazing ideas, some of them dont even have to do with Renee. So just chill, you telling everyone she's lying isnt going to change anything. Twloha will still be around, take it or leave it.

[spogee]

I don't see why people are anti-TWLOHA, or just bag it out. Suicide isn't a good thing and no one should kill themselves, nor should anyone self-harm.

Why are some of you so pro-suicide and death? Are you also pro-murder?

[25lightersyessir]

The reason people are anti-TWLOHA is because it's a mockery of truly afflicted people. How gullible does she think society is? "The treatment center wouldnt admit me because I had open wounds" You may ask yourself what kind of treatment center that was?? She must think we're all idiots. Renee grew up in a wealthy missionary family, that girl has no right LYING for attention. People with real problems seek real help. TWLOHA is making depression a TREND and suicide a TREND that makes me SICK

[spogee]

Uh, part of the story says "the has felt the touch of awful naked men"

Her story isn't made up, stop being hate-filled and spiteful.

[25lightersyessir]

"The has felt..."? Ok... Jamie wrote that. I'm not hate filled or the like. I'm angry that she's taking advantage of impressionable 16 year old girls like yourself. I'm sure you loved her eye make-up and watched this while listening to MCR so you didn't hear the evident lies. Treatment centers dont kick you out or not accept you because of "open wounds" Her story isn't "made up" It's embellished to the point of fantasy. Her organization takes advantage of feeble minded people and it's sickening

[SullivanLov3]

Why would you DARE sit there and say that because she came from a wealthy, missionary home that the isn't capable of having real struggles.

Where you come from does NOT ensure where you're going in life.

TWLOHA does NOT make depression, suicide or self harm a trend...

Maybe those three things become rampant because ignorant people such as yourself REFUSE to open your minds to the concept that you don't have to come from a broken home to be broken.

[SullivanLov3]

Ummm excuse me.

Perhaps you don't understand depression well.

Renee clearly talks about in interveiws how she would never understand WHY things felt so broken because she came from a home with love, and structure, and just because thats where some one comes from does NOT mean they are not equally as capable of stumbling into a harmful and destructive lifestyle as anyone else.

And it IS true, most treatment centers will not accept people with open wounds.

This is NOT a mockery.

[25lightersyessir]

"Ummm, like, excuse like, me." I don't understand depression? Did you grow up with Renee? Where's your crystal ball? It is true that most reatment centers wont accept people with open wounds? Please provide proof because I've been through treatment myself. That's why this makes me sick. I grew up with Renee and she's lying. People with real problems are being left out and trendy people such as you are loving this macabre self centered bullshit. Way to support my theory that humanity is ignorant

[SullivanLov3]

No I'm in total support of the theory that society is ignorant.

Infact, your claim that some one from a home like hers is apparently incapable of dealing with what she claims to have dealt with is pretty ignorant if you ask me.

And you know, if you're right about her, I'm very sorry.

But the organization has more to offer than Renee's story.

[25lightersyessir]

Btw Jamie and the TWLOHA kids NEVER met Renee until she was 19. They didn't see her go through her preppy phase and her "I'm angry at the world" phase or know her family. I've known her since we were 12 and went to school, And church with her. She did NOT have a history of suicide attempts and abuse blahblah blah. She wasnt going to "die in detox" She was 19 and thought a rail of coke = addiction. getting drunk = alcoholism. She lied to Jamie and them for attention, and she's got it from fools

[SullivanLov3]

And if what you say is true, like I said I'm sorry.

But to me the concept of TWLOHA is far more empowering that any one person's story.

I didn't even know who she was until this week.

You never COMPLETELY know what goes on behind closed doors.

If you do feel like something she's saying is untrue, or a lie, how about leave it between her and God instead of being bitter towards her.

He's big, powerful, and a God of justice I'm sure he can can handle it ;)

[25lightersyessir]

Your solution to my problem is subjective. Not evenone believes that. I guess most people that would, support twloha. I'm not trying to offend anyone (I know I come across angry.) I know far more about these things than you'd guess. I've been in treatment centers and was from the time I was 16, in and out, until I was 19. What infuriated me is that I know she's lying, and TWLOHA is lying, yet no one cares. There are seriously gooood organizations out there, so why do people waste their money on

[25lightersyessir]

TWLOHA? Do you know where the money they get goes? NO. Becuase they don;t tell people. Does it go to treatment? Does it go to Jamie? Definately. They're non-profit status to keep from paying taxes as an organization. Yet, they have offices in coacoa? They're ripping you off and everyone else who is nieve enough to buy into this. Check into these REAL organizations that TRULY donate their proceeds to people in need - Yellowbird; Free Arts for Abused Children; Outside In.

[SullivanLov3]

Heart support is another great one.

And dude honestly, like to me...

its not the T shirts, Renee's story, or the organization that I'm in love with.

it's the simple concept of love, and meeting people where they're at.

My interest in this sort of organization is in NO WAY limited to TWLOHA.

I am not oblivious, nor am I ignorant.

[25lightersyessir]

Unfortunately the concept of love is just that, if it was real love it would help people. People like us are either interested in the subject or have had experiance with this subject ourselves. The "thousands" of people TWLOHA has "helped" aren't in real pain, or I'd expect them to know theyre liars from experiance. These issues are real and deadly serious. It makes me so sad that our society is making a trend out of "suicide". If Twloha was about suicide Renee would have killed herself.

[25lightersyessir]

Thanks for hearing me out instead of calling me an asshole because I dont agree with TWLOHA. Most people are so feeble minded they'll believe anything Twloha says, yet they won't listen to me although I grew up with renee. I just want proceeds to go to a truly worthy organization who honestly helps people. It makes me sick that she lies about shit that has effected me so deeply. How do I proove it? Put a pic of her and I up from middle school? Idk it's frustrating. Thanks again

[MacbethTilDeath]

People DO change.

I know lots.

[Sktrgrlally]

She needs Jesus.

[GoldenQuiet]

And you sound like an asshole.

[SUPERfreakY3]

she said in this video that she knows she's not the only one going through it

and yes there are those that don't survive

but it is a story is survival, of recovery that gives people hope to pull through and overcome it

[MacbethTilDeath]

Work on your grammar, fuck face.

Grow up.

Renee symbolizes everyone going through this. That's the point. That's what TWLOHA is for.

[liason4ever1212]

your a pretty sad person.

she is doing so much for people who are suffering depression and who are cutting themselves and just feel like no one cares about them!! while someone like you are critizing what she has gone through and that what she is doing is to exploit herself. go do something for people instead of sitting on your ass and saying that she hasnt done anything for people like me and people who are worse than i am with depression.

[xxbrightxxstarxx]

Oh right, so everyone going through all this right now shouldn't have someone to look up to? They shouldn't have someone to show them that it truly is possible to get help and get better? Oh, I guess you're right. How selfish of Renee for giving thousands of people hope for the future. She must be the worst person in the world. You should sue her for wasting your time.

Asshole.

[HopeforTomrrow09]

Excusse me Renee is not selfish . She is my inspriation my hero . Without her depression and addication,cutting would be behind the dorrs and alot of people would not know it exsits. How dare you sau Renee is selfish

[dyiingtoosurviive]

@xxbrightxxstarxx Fuck you.

[xxbrightxxstarxx]

@dyiingtoosurviive ...The comment I posted that said to go die was directed to the person who said to "go back to being depressed." If you looked up a few comments you'd see I'm not against Renee ot TWLOHA in the slightest.

[Nezie45654]

I'm 13, when I first heard the story I wasnt sure that it was true. It stoped my cutting. . .for a little while that is.

[CRUSHEDbyYOU]

She is my hero. Honest to blog things she has said about her struggles remind me of myself :\ I'm 13 and alot of crap is piling up and sometimes you just want to give up.

[GRACEELMAO]

garbearfilms;

um, hello?! in one of the videos she said that her story was "unique" or anything, but she was glad that she was going through recovering with thousands of others.

who are you to say that her life isn't hard? you don't live her life. you can't assume things just like that.

there may be other problems in the world, but this is one of them. we can slowly fix things, even if they seem impossible.

God gives hope.

[GRACEELMAO]

oops. i meant to write "wasn't" instead of "was"

:O

should say

" ... she said that her story WASN'T 'unique' or anything... "

[domineekxDisHardcore]

Renee is amazing.

[TheLadyWithTheToyDog]

God is love

[nothatgirl]

wow,garbearfilms is so damn bitter. seriously, calm the ef down. she's just telling her story.

[simplyxxxme]

Renee is so strong and brave, to stand up and tell the world what she's been through <3 I respect and admire her sooo much!

[jessperry2008]

I love her!

[xpsimkate]

her story, saved my life.

Shes truely an inspiration, and she didnt go out to be an inspiration witch makes her that much better.

[myimmortalfool09]

She is truly amazing, :]

<3 Her story has helped me so much.