Dese’Rae Stage

Photographer, writer, suicide awareness activist, founder of Live Through This. Good intentions, questionable executions. Tattoos and text, coffee and cuddling my creatures.

Family

This researcher who studies self-injury explains why people do it. And why he did it.

Dese’Rae Stage

10/12/2015
Pictured here: Anita Omary; her son, Osman; and Omary’s close friends – Photo credit: Array

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Once a refugee seeking safety in the U.S., Anita Omary is using what she learned to help others thrive.

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Dese’Rae Stage

This researcher who studies self-injury explains why people do it. And why he did it.

Once a refugee seeking safety in the U.S., Anita Omary is using what she learned to help others thrive.