{"id":27765,"date":"2021-12-30T23:39:41","date_gmt":"2021-12-30T23:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cmshub.wpengine.com\/?p=365182"},"modified":"2024-11-03T15:14:06","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T15:14:06","slug":"brothers-start-nonprofit-to-help-fellow-teens-struggling-with-mental-health-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/brothers-start-nonprofit-to-help-fellow-teens-struggling-with-mental-health-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Brothers Start Nonprofit To Help Fellow Teens Struggling With Mental Health Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span id=\"content-body\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"content-body\">Carter and Ashton Kroeger may only be in high school, but they are already helping teenagers all over the country who are struggling with mental health issues.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"content-body\">The brothers co-founded the Persevere Project, a nonprofit that focuses on giving teenagers information an resources on suicide prevention. Their mission is to offer a safe space where young adults can be heard and understood.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_365185\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-365185\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><span id=\"content-body\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-30-at-5.55.46-PM-1155x675.png\" alt width=\"1155\" height=\"675\" class=\"size-large wp-image-365185\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-30-at-5.55.46-PM-1155x675.png 1155w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-30-at-5.55.46-PM-578x338.png 578w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-30-at-5.55.46-PM-289x169.png 289w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-30-at-5.55.46-PM-768x449.png 768w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-30-at-5.55.46-PM.png 1309w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 1200px, (min-width:992px) 992px, (min-width:768px) 768px, (min-width:576px) 480px, 300px\"><\/span><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-365185\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span id=\"content-body\">Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_Y3EfJrAnwE\">YouTube\/Good Morning America<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span id=\"content-body\">\u201cWe hope to initiate upfront conversations on mental health, emotional struggles, and physical changes we go through,\u201d they <a href=\"https:\/\/persevereproject.org\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wrote<\/a> on their website. \u201cTogether, we aim to move past the discomfort of talking about the teenage experience and normalize open discussions on feelings and insecurities.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"content-body\">They initially began creating mental health content on TikTok, and teens started reaching out to them for advice and to let them know how helpful their videos were.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_365186\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-365186\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><span id=\"content-body\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-30-at-5.56.20-PM.png\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"596\" class=\"size-full wp-image-365186\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-30-at-5.56.20-PM.png 1024w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-30-at-5.56.20-PM-581x338.png 581w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-30-at-5.56.20-PM-290x169.png 290w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-30-at-5.56.20-PM-768x447.png 768w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 1200px, (min-width:992px) 992px, (min-width:768px) 768px, (min-width:576px) 480px, 300px\"><\/span><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-365186\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span id=\"content-body\">Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_Y3EfJrAnwE\">YouTube\/Good Morning America<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span id=\"content-body\">This inspired the pair to do something more to help young people. That\u2019s when they created the nonprofit to give people their age a place to express, get support, and build the strength and courage to face their fears.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"content-body\">\u201cWe help teenagers understand what they\u2019re going through, helping each other develop healthy coping mechanisms against environmental pressures, depression, addiction, and more,\u201d their website <a href=\"https:\/\/persevereproject.org\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">states<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_365187\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-365187\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><span id=\"content-body\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-30-at-5.56.34-PM-1197x675.png\" alt width=\"1197\" height=\"675\" class=\"size-large wp-image-365187\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-30-at-5.56.34-PM-1197x675.png 1197w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-30-at-5.56.34-PM-600x338.png 600w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-30-at-5.56.34-PM-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-30-at-5.56.34-PM-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-30-at-5.56.34-PM.png 1373w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 1200px, (min-width:992px) 992px, (min-width:768px) 768px, (min-width:576px) 480px, 300px\"><\/span><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-365187\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span id=\"content-body\">Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_Y3EfJrAnwE\">YouTube\/Good Morning America<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span id=\"content-body\">The duo explains how stress can negatively affect teenagers and how to cope with it. 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