Noah Anderson

My name is Noah Anderson and I am an Impact Producer for the #SpeakingOurMinds campaign. I attend High Country Home Educators academy. I’m a Christian who loves reading, filmmaking and Legos. But let’s get serious now. I was born a triplet 3 months pre-mature, and was supposed to be in a wheelchair and never walk for the rest of my life. I had always known about depression and suicide, but never really how it could and would affect me. You see, whenever I would get in trouble for something or have to get corrected on something, I would always take it super personally. As I kept messing up and making mistakes, something everyone does, it would just lower my self-esteem and confidence more. I began to hate myself and desired to be perfect, and when that didn’t work, it got me into a dark place. I couldn’t accept that being imperfect was human and was okay. I told myself things that were completely untrue about me, and I wallowed in letting Satan give me a false identity, rather than focusing on who God told me I was and who I knew I was. I almost attempted suicide, but was prevented from doing so, and God began to unravel me from the darkness. I’m grateful to be alive today, and grateful to know who I really am: a person who can’t help but be hopeful, and someone who never gives up. But my hope doesn’t come from me. I have hope because God gave it to me, and helped me see that no matter how imperfect I am, He’s never going to leave me . . . I think that’s a pretty good way to shut out the darkness.