Suicide in the United States is becoming an epidemic

In recent years we've had literally a 30 percent increase from 1999 to the current date

Significantly amongst adolescents and also amongst middle aged people

For young people, it's the second leading cause of death

And it's important to note that the first leading cause of death is acci-accidental injury

And we still don't know how many of those are potentially suicide

I thought it was much better to put a happy face on and make people laugh than talk about it

It started off with loneliness, I didn't say anything, I thought the loneliness would go away

It lead to thoughts of death and suicide 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for two months, but I didn't say a word

I thought that one day I'd wake up and I'd want to live again

I thought that one day I'd wake up and everything would magically get better

But that day didn't come

When I got into that hospital a couple days later and finally figured out what had happened

I realized that I had this massive external life that everyone saw

And an internal life that no one knew about

The myth is that if you talk about it, it'll make it worse

No, it actually deflates the balloon and deflates the tension

The person feels relieved at being able to put it on the table