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It Only Takes One: Stop The Stigma

Spreading awareness about anxiety, depression, mental illnesses, and suicide

Emily Petrauskas
Apr 23, 2018
Roberts Wesleyan College
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It Only Takes One: Stop The Stigma
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This is a song I wrote especially for spreading awareness for anxiety, depression, mental illnesses, and suicide. These things are more common than you may think, and not all of us are aware of that. What we can do is immerse ourselves into learning about these things so that we can learn what to do, should a serious situation occur. Stop the stigma before it's too late. Who knows, you could be that one person to make the biggest difference of all. The song is called "It Only Takes One."

It only takes one to make a difference

Only one to spread the light

One chance to make things better

Or turn the wrongs all right

It only takes one to break the silence

Only one to take a stand

One voice that speaks with kindness

One person to lend a hand

It only takes one


Sittin’ on the stairs, on the bed, on the floor

Crying out those tears ‘cause you’re hurt to the core

Thoughts in your head and words that they say

Make it more difficult each and every day

Starin’ out the window, gazing into space

Wishing all this pain could just be erased

Screaming out for help, drowning inside


Hoping for just one person to save your life

Walking along with your head in the clouds

But what do you see when you look towards the ground

Tear-stained cheeks and a face gone red

Scars on the wrist from pain that spread

Look in their eyes, can you see that they’re afraid

Wishing all their pain could just go away

Screaming out for help, they’re drowning inside

Hoping for just one person to save your life


It only takes one to make things alright

It only takes one for hope to be in sight

It only takes one to share the light within

It only takes one for the end to begin...again

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