Depressed people don't pretend to be depressed. They pretend to be okay.. if someone is reaching out. Reach for them.

I’ve followed Christine’s story for many decades, and I was very pleased that you avoided jokes in this video. Thank you for treating her with dignity.

If someone had been seen Christine Chubbuck on the air in the days and weeks before she killed herself, they might have thought that she had the world by the tail. She was the anchor of a local news station, she was attractive, appeared confident, and seemed on the path to a great future. But behind the scenes she was a lonely, sad and tormented woman. It goes to show that you shouldn't envy other people no matter how great their lives might first seem, because you never know what they're really dealing with in private.

Large chunks of my life have been destroyed by serious depression. Amazed that she was working on such morbid topics. When I was at my worst, I couldn't go out in public. I feel like a survivor.

In the 70s, people didn't talk about suicide, which made people feel even more isolated and depressed. It's a sad story.

I am bipolar and am a single divorcee and understand wanting to have a husband and a child. I am shy and tend to get into bad relationships. I have tried to end my life in the past so I understand. I am so grateful to be here. My heart breaks for people who feel this way.

It makes me so sad that she had told multiple people how much she was struggling.... I understand completely how it feels when no one hears you crying out.

I think what I find the saddest is that no footage of her other broadcasts have been shared, I think it'd be nice to see something of her as a human being rather than just discussion of her at the end of her life if this makes any sense

"...This is expected. When a person decides to commit suicide their mood often gets better because they believe the end of their suffering is near" I had to pause and stop myself from crying

She wanted witnesses to her life. That she did exist. She felt invisible, unwanted, and unheard.

I actually propose a fourth theory as to why Christine did what she did: announcing it on tv would force her to go through with it. She tested this out by making a sarcastic statement, then once it was said and witnessed by both her coworkers and the viewers, she felt like she had to do it. Just my two cents, anyway. It’s incredibly heartbreaking hearing her story. It moved me to tears.

Even when she was smiling in pictures, you could see a deep sadness in her eyes. It shows that, despite upbringing, mental illness doesn’t discriminate.

My son was depressed-I tried so hard. The day that he chose to end his life-he seemed happy-I remember him coming to my home and he told me things were going so well for him (he had tried suicide before this-he even said that his first attempt at suicide felt so comforting) 2 weeks before he decided to end it-he went to his Nanas house with his favorite niece-they spent hours together-laughing and enjoying the moment-the day he decided to end it-his brother asked him to go fishing for the weekend-he said “yes-for sure” He did it that night with my gun. He seemed so happy- I’m a wreck

Much respect to you Dr Grande for no jokes about her in this episode. You're pure class

I feel her pain. I'm also clinically depressed. My husband died in 1993, it disintegrated my family. 6 children, 8 grandchildren. They couldn't come home to me anymore, they wanted it to be the way it was ...both mama and dada....Grammy and papa. They wanted their parents the way it was BOTH of us together. We couldn't have that anymore, they wouldn't accept the way it is. So I miss them so much and cry for all I've missed. And keep hoping. Life can hurt.

I saw a movie about her life, simply titled, Christine. I had never heard of her before that. I struggle with Clinical Depression too, but by the Grace of God, I keep chugging away. I feel great compassion for her. I wish her life had been better for her. ❤ Edit: Thank you, Dr Grande for your analysis. I enjoy your channel very much. Happy Thanksgiving 🍽♥️

I feel at the very end that she was overcome with extreme anger. She was tired of never being noticed, never being able to understand, and never having relationships. The fact that she knew that an on-air suicide would be gruesome and hard to fathom was her one GUARANTEED way to get noticed, while ending her sadness at the same time. "I'll show everyone to NEVER forget who I am."

I can definitely relate to Chrstine's intense depression over her perceived romantic failings. I was a virgin well into my 30s and it's something that ends up being a huge source of shame in a person's life. You get into a warped state of mind where you feel like a complete fraud and failure because this one thing that is seemingly so easy for everyone else to achieve (sex and a romantic relationship) feels completely impossible and out of reach for you. it does cause you to reject compliments and makes you unable to see what others see when they look at you because while they see a normal, attractive, intelligent woman (as Christine certainly was) all you can think is that you're a mess and that there's something deeply wrong with you. it can also make you feel as if you're blocked in a infantilized state of existence where everyone else is growing up and doing adult things (like go on dates, have sex, enter serious relationships/marriage etc.) while you're stuck in a perpetual state of awkward adolescence. What happened to her was immensely sad and the reality is, no matter how much those around us might love and care for us, depression is something that can only be overcome by ourselves.

My sister took her own life in 2018 after two years of her family doing everything we could and spending all the money she needed for help. After her second attempt, her psychiatrist told us it was rare that someone who attempted more than once didn’t eventually succeed. As Dr. Grande noted, it was exactly like watching a train wreck in slow motion. Tragic but not surprising conclusion. 💔 I hope someday they will have the right treatments for severe depression.

I never heard about this case, but i'm not surprised. Suicides are just buried, nil news about them everything goes silent. Weird to see that food commercial

I applaud you Dr Grande for covering these difficult stories and doing it with such dignity, this can be the reality of mental health conditions unfortunately.

She outlined her plan and talked about being depression. Not being taken seriously was deadly.

My aunt took her own life in 1975. I don’t think people back then in the 70s looked at mental health the way we do today. I remember a lot of anger after she did it instead of empathy with what she was going through. Very sad time in my family’s history.

I feel for the mother; she was torn between reaching out to the work place on behalf of her daughter’s depression for fear it would make things worse & Christine would lose her job… It’s incredibly sad.

This made me want to get help immediately. I relate to her so much and I’m in denial about it but I see so much of myself in her and it scared me. I’m so sorry to her and her family.

The amount of times she so clearly expressed cries for help with minimal response is so sad.

I’m a 31 y.o woman & never have any boyfriend in my life. Sometimes I do wonder why I was made this way. I’m not good looking & I have health issues. I feel like I am not worthy. I do have thoughts that I better disappear. Sometimes when people compliment me I’d brush them off. However my love of movies & music makes me less depressed. There’s so many things I can enjoy alone. I earn money from my job & at least I feel happy to go shopping (although I have no friends & mostly alone). This is too sad. If I were friends with her, I’d definitely hug her & tell her she’s not alone.

I learned from her tragedy to never not take someone seriously when they are contemplating taking their own life, and i think if someone trusts you enough to tell you how they feel then please get help for them ❤

You can see the severe depression in her eyes. You can hide depression from others but only to a certain point.

Dying on Air was a statement, one expressing the depth of her loneliness and sense of alienation.

I lost my brother to suicide. He had a similar problem with the dichotomy of either good things are happening therefore life is worth living/bad things are happening therefore life is no longer worth living. I have learned from this to at least teach my children that in as much as possible celebrate not only victories but also the defeats the life deals you. In fact often, the hardest and darkest times of our lives are where we learn the most.

This one haunts me. I've felt this too, feeling unheard, unseen, and wanting to end it all. There's so much pain behind her eyes, I wish something could have been done. It's one of those situations where, I wasn't even born then, but I wish I could go back in time and just say 'I know how you feel. I'm here to listen. How can I help you.'

I'm supposed to be cleaning my apartment, but I saw the notification and now I'm going to binge watch Dr. Grande. It's important to set priorities in your life

Why, why, why would a therapist (psychiatrist) NOT believe her suicidal ideation? Thanks for your kindness sir, in telling us about this sad story.

So sorry no one really heard her. Seems like she defined herself by the friends/boyfriends she felt she "should" have. Love comes from within, you need to have it for yourself before you can give it to another.

She was an extremely beautiful woman. With a beautiful heart it’s so disheartening that she never had the chance to meet someone that would make her feel special

Very sad. She needed help. It’s too bad the things that could have helped her never came together for her. No one should ever feel that suicide is their only solution.

This young woman was beautiful, smart, funny, creative, and sensitive. She had so much to give to the world--if only she saw it. For anyone reading this, you are here for a reason. You were created for a specific purpose, including calling others into their purpose, to Love, and to allow Love into your life. Don't give up.

Christine’s story always interested me. Probably because I can relate to her on so many levels. Ever since I found out about her at 13 years old, I always sympathized with her and understood her pain. I’m now 22 years old and I still do. Feeling like you don’t exist to people and nobody caring to listen to what you have to say that’s on your mind and all is very frustrating. I suffer from depression, anxiety, and bipolar so I know it’s very frustrating and knowing it was especially frustrating for her.

Can relate to her internal thoughts so much. The inability to attract a partner can truly drive someone insane. Like trying to not sleep at all for years and years

I tossed and turned all night last night...At 4 AM I decided to check on your channel and I clicked on this video. Apparently I fell asleep within 4 minutes. Your videos are sooo calming. No annoying loud music/sounds. No annoying ads every 5 minutes. No super bright white blinding lighting. Thank you Dr. Grande🙏

Her story is so heartbreaking. She considered herself undateable but she was such an interesting and objectively attractive woman. Imagine how much different her life would have been if she just had a relationship. ugh I wish I could have done something to help her. Rest in Peace Christine. ❤

it's insane how many people she told about her thoughts, but no one took them seriously then so they never even acted or asked her to explain. the terrible culture back then just reinforced those feelings that no one cared about her. rest in peace

My dad committed suicide publicly. A whole additional layer of grief hit when I heard how he chose to end. I really struggle with how loud his cry was, because he was a private sufferer.

Congratulations on the sponsorship 💅🏾, Dr. Grande officially a clouted KZfaqr 😂

I feel bad for Christine. I know someone that attempted suicide. She said she reached out for help and she didn't receive any. I don’t understand how some people can ignore a cry for help.

I feel horrible about her life. They finally acknowledged her life a few years ago with 2 movies about her life. Even that took over 40 years. Sad. 🙏

I see so many similarities with this woman and myself. Not the suicidal thoughts right now but the personality and lifestyle traits are so much like my own.

This case is so horrific! Thank you so much for covering it with so much respect and empathy ❤️❤️❤️

The most abrupt, unnatural cut to a sponsor I have ever seen. Liked.

Classic example of the ideation becoming realized. Horribly sad and no doubt this woman suffered. Rest in peace Christine.

I really appreciate how you relayed Christine’s story and her mental health analysis without showing any judgement towards her. Hers is such a sad story, and it’s sad how people who commit suicide are often stigmatised or blamed as attention seeking.

This shows you the cognitive dissonance of "I'm not worthy" "I'm unlovable" "I'm inadequate" a lot of black and white thinking and so much more. If anyone out there is hearing this, just know that you are a great person. You are loved, and that you are worthy of love and to be loved

It is extremely difficult to work with Major Depression and you can even be lured into a false sense of trust to talk to your boss- but it NEVER ends well for the person with depression. People ARE shunned and seen as a liability and just a downer to the boss's day. I know it very well. I have to hold it all in when I go to the office and pretend. And it is exhausting which just makes the depression worse. And I am then constantly tired and on days I don't have to work I just hide away. It is a neverending treadmill and you DO just want it to stop. And you want someone to take it seriously - well everyone probably. Which may be why Christine chose that way to express her pain.

Amazing analysis and narration, and the best thing ever, I don't have to shove my face in this tiny screen, I still can do my work and listen, it is like I can see everything, precise, clear, soothing, absolutely not distracting, detailed but also cery summerized, so natural talent you have doctor sir! 😊 I also learned two new words today. This is perfect, I am going through all your videos and I don't want to comment on every single one of them, I feel embarrassed doing so, so I comment on few chosen ones. Thank you doctor, I mean it, I do really appreciate your work, and the lack of ads, this is like heavens.

I can relate to most everything that y’all are sharing and just want to say thank you for this conversation. I hope you all have better days ahead and call someone if you think you might need to. Don’t wait until tomorrow. Be safe and healthy

I grieve the pain suffered by every person who has taken their own life. I’m so sorry that this lovely woman could not get the help she needed.

I struggle every day with depression. It is a horrible state to live in and it is invisible so not many people understand or even know what is going for the person.

She suffered. But she caused so many others suffering because of the trauma from seeing her suicide. Overall a terrible situation.

thanks for another great video dr. large

"she appeared to be in a extremely good mood. this was expected, when a person decides to commit suicide their mood often gets better because they believe the end of their suffering is near" same

I don’t know why but seeing dr grande make food was so heartwarming.

You just have to get used to boredom to get rid of depression. Being bored is what triggered my depression the most. Boredom triggers loneliness. I just slowly trained myself to be content and the depression finally disapeared.

Sometimes people have to ask themselves “am I the problem?” and if they never do they may become very depressed. But if you realize that it’s you who need to change then you might just do it and things will go better

Yay, Dr Grande, love Hello Fresh❣️ In 1974, I was seeing a psychiatrist/psychoanalyst after a divorce. I told him I no longer wanted to live. The best advice anyone has ever given to me: “Don’t do it; your children will never recover.” Isn’t it sad when we cannot live for ourselves rather than for others. I am sad that there was nothing she cared about enough to not continue to live. Her mother lives with the pain of losing her child.

I was fired for. the symptoms of bipolar depression, more than once. Symptoms included tearfulness, anxiety that causes cognitive processing difficulties, and others. With treatment I do okay, but one is never forgiven for having mental illness. The stigma of mental illness is very potent, and the idea of mental illness is used to explain away behavior that is just bad. If I hear one more person say something like "She's off her meds" I may just scream. In my experience, employment discrimination for mental illness is as common as age discrimination, and just as easy to deny. Dr Grande, it would be great if you could do a video on mental illness stigma.

Thanks for covering this story. I've always been interested in the unfortunate incident. I understand I'm way late but gotta give you love for your amazing content ❤

I was in a very deep depression. To be honest, I’m still very depressed. Yet, nothing compared to how I was. I knew I needed help. I spoke out, practically begging for help. Everyone blew me off. They would diminish my depression because, “Your perfect. It would be selfish of you to be depressed considering some people have it much worse. You don’t know what real problems are. Do you know how many people would love to switch places with you. You create your own problems. You could have any man you want. Everybody likes you. You can’t be lonely since you’re the one who chooses to stay in alone all the time. You need to get out more.” Nobody understands how I feel. The things that are important to most people are not that important to me. Maybe I am selfish. Maybe because I have been attractive my whole life I don’t understand how hard it is to be unattractive. However, my looks and body really don’t matter to me. I’m not concerned with physical attributes. I’m sad because my parents and brother died. I’m sad because I hate my job. I’m sad because I don’t make enough to support my children the way they deserve. I’m sad because I have no money to go out or do anything. I’m sad because I haven’t found a man who I feel a true connection with. I’m sad because I fear I am going to be sad, broke, and lonely for the rest of my life. I’m not trying to be funny, but how do people think being attractive makes your life any different or better? Do they think it changes absolutely anything? I don’t understand people’s obsession with looks. How is a pretty woman and an average woman’s life any different from each other? It makes no sense to me that people think the more attractive a person is, the less problems they have. It’s truly insane!

That was the best Hello Fresh sponsorship ad I've ever seen.

I can't believe I never heard of this. I'm in tears, how sad she must have been. Of course my heart goes out to her family as well. For many years the only thing that kept me alive was knowing how devastated my family would be if I were to take my life.

As a person who has gone through feeling suicidal and basically ignored when reaching out, I can tell you that as far as my experience it was frustrating being ignored. It really reinforces the idea that nobody cares. I have one person who cares in my life who did reach out back to me which really helped. But for me, I have been in undiagnosed Intractable pain from both a mystery illness and extreme arthritis. Its the way the medical profession was treating me that really pushed me into a " no way to fix this" mindset. The way people in physical pain are disregarded by doctors who don't seem to care about quality of life is producing a group of people who do not want to live with pain that keeps you from being productive. What saved me was finally getting a doctor who was willing to listen to me and point me in the direction of at least trying to find out whats going on. But mostly my son being with me through all this pain. I'm sorry she felt there was no other way. I hope she is at peace now.

You have a real gift at explaining very complex concepts in a way that anyone can understand. I'm glad you're here on KZfaq! 🥰

Im a regular viewer of Dr.Grande's videos & am a big fan. I m not sure if he had any sponsors in his videos earlier, but Im really glad he is getting sponsors now. I love supporting my fave youtubers. Keep up the good work Dr.Grande.

I relate to this case. I am almost her age and have never had any romantic relationship, and I don't know what it feels to have true friends. To be honest, at the beginning I did not experience any kind of depression or sadness because of my extreme isolation, but like since 2 years ago or maybe a little bit more, it has starting to hitting me hard. And if you add these to the many problems that I already have, uffff I am not gonna lie, but it becomes super hard and even more when you do not have someone to talk to, to trust, to communicate your feelings, etc..... I just want everything to change. I have heard "everything is temporary", hopefully that is true. Good luck to everybody 😀

Quite often people want their pain to be witnessed, it's a sad story, even her therapist didn't take her seriously..... kindness can't be legislated.

This was in my hometown, Sarasota, and believe me we were shocked in the community in 74. Thanks for exploring this tragic story. The story was that she was overwhelmed by all the violence which she, as a broadcast journalist, was overexposed to. Remember the Vietnam War was still going on and society was in turmoil. And she was probably too sensitive to handle it all. Edit: the matter was hushed up in short order. Sad.

People be like- "Don't worry, be happy" Me- Uhm, that's not how it works.

As someone who had to endure threats of suicide for many years, it’s hard for me to get past the anger I feel when people are so selfish! Yes, it’s sad on many levels, and I do feel sad for her family and friends. However, if you really want to die, go be fish food! There’s no need to traumatize a whole bunch of people… Especially people you don’t even know that’s just selfish. And like mean people, selfish people suck!

Thank you for this, Dr. Grande.

Cable news is probably one of the worst things you could expose yourself to if you have depression. Geez that was morbid

Your delivery of such sensitive stories is delicately well done. Thank you for your care and ability to do so. Mental health needs more resources in the public community in my opinion. Less bombs and more psychotherapy please.

I always imagine how amazing it would be to just not think about wanting to not exist. I have attempted in the past and still struggle with those thoughts daily. That darkness that comes every time you wake up. I’m sad knowing so many others struggle like this as well, the same as me. If you are reading this, know that you do deserve to stay. You deserve love and happiness. It sucks our minds do this to us. Like I’m one to talk though; struggling to just get a shower and get out of bed right now. KZfaq and ai have kinda been my addictions for the past months as I’m in bed… I’ll put this here to remind myself of my own advice..

Loneliness and unrequited love is a dangerous combination. RIP and RIL Christine. Thank you doctor.

I’m also 30 in two weeks and have never had a girlfriend or an active sex life. It’s hard to feel like it’s possible to learn to be with another person after all the time that’s gone by. I’m not bad looking, but it’s difficult to know what’s wrong with me. Like Kristine, I get almost offended when people complement me, and I’ve only witnessed my life continue to grow smaller year after year. I’ve been seeing a mental health professional twice a week for a year now and don’t feel like I’ve made much progress. I don’t think I want to make any progress. It’s like I’m just so incredibly convinced that I can’t that what I would have to do to open up my life would be total wasted effort. I’m just to scared I suppose. I really feel for Kristine and may she Rest In Peace.

There was a State Treasurer in Pennsylvania that shot himself on the air . I saw it live on the air and it freaked me out . It happened in 1987. His name was R. Budd Dwyer.

holy moly. I had never heard about this until today when I found your channel and listened to many different videos. It’s so interesting how you explain everything and let us know about how people think. It’s so chilling.

I don't think Dr. Grande has the whole sponsor transition figured out yet, lol ! 😂😂😂🤣 I loved his usual monotone way of speaking while telling me about hello fresh. I'm happy Dr. Grande is getting Sponsors though he deserves it!

Lack of empathy is right, there’s a lot of that going around.

I'm a retired mental health/public heath and addictions R.N.. I appreciate how you offer a quick connect option to a crisis line! So many people are overwhelmed and don't know where to start.

As someone who has suffered from mental illness almost my entire life, and a suicide survivor, I am exceptionally sensitive to others who are depressed, anxious, and suicidal. I feel so sorry for Christine.

I’m loving all the supportive comments about the great doctor getting a sponsor 💕 Congratulations! 🙂

Thank you so much for the empathy I heard in your voice throughout this video. I almost succeeded in an attempt after screaming and not being heard. I'm very grateful I survived. My workplace was great about it, but I'm not allowed to visit the USA as a result of my attempt. It does hurt that because this happened, despite my coming a long way, Me, and others with depression and attempts here in Canada are seen as a possible terroristic threat and are turned away at the border. The stigma is easing in the area of talking about it, but it's become a massive stigma with homeland security. Suicide now needs to be unlinked with terrorism. The care you took with seeing her pain, brightens my heart. I'm certain I can't be the only one comforted by your understanding and empathy. Thank you Dr. Grande. Congratulations on being sponsored. I wish you many more! Deep appreciation from Canada 🍁

I think the movie version of her sad story made some relevant points. Although I know it was fictionalized in a lot of ways, I think the way it shows how some women in her life(a co-worker, her mother) are also going through tragic lives and isolation. Yet, THEY have coping skills. They deal with it, they try to connect and soothe themselves. Christine didn’t seem to have any natural ability to connect or even cope.

I really like llistening to mental health professionals explain these difficult topics. Thank you Dr. Grande we I am so grateful for the insights that you and others like you have and share.

“The mental health professional did not think Chubbuck was serious about not wanting to live” This saddens me that she sought help and it was denied in such form. Great video as always Dr G, congrats on the new sponsor! Yum!

I think she was trying to get help by communcation. She was telling a lot of people about her depression and this is a cry for help!

this is tragic for her and those her knew her, and horrifying for everyone who witnessed it. what a terrible situation.

I have such mixed thoughts about people who are suicidal and/or commit suicide. I have experienced how a family member of mine had ptsd because she found another family member who had tried to commit suicide. The impact on those around the suicidal person is tremendous, and that makes me very angry; to drag others down with them in a spiral of misery. On the other hand however, when I read (for instance) about children who are suicidal because they’re bullied I just feel so sorry for them and want to help them get better…it’s difficult.

My god have you ever seen anything more wholesome and sweet than Dr. Grande cooking food in his kitchen.

Such a intelligent woman. A beautiful tormented soul. Depression is so misunderstood . Rest easy.