My mom just died recently from her battles with depression. She was the most beautiful woman and she raised me to be such an amazing man. I can’t really see the future without her. I don’t really know what to do now. I went to a support group and a woman in there said a very profound thing that suicide isn’t the cause of death. Depression is. It’s a disease that takes over the mind. It breaks my heart that I didn’t realize the state my mom was in. She would even tell me triggering things but for some reason I didn’t see them until now. Keep an eye out on your loved ones and don’t run from the signs like I did because I didn’t understand them.

The majority of people simply can't be bothered to take time out for their friends who are suffering. Most friendships in my experience are superficial everything seems to be working out when there are no problems. You laugh and joke but when you experience a depressive episode friends don't have the capacity to engage and really listen to you. That's why I withdraw from the world because nobody apart from my therapist gives a damn.

Suffering from depression now. Not always treatable.

My brother Dr. Stephen Ranji commited suicide on Feb 25,2022 He was a great doctor.. I love him 4000

I know that suicide hurts those around a person but... if a person is truly so weighted with despair that they need to die, wouldn't it be better to let them go rather than prolong their suffering?

Some do share to many in the end. They get ignored! They tried!

I totally understand that moment of getting the news. My son, Charles, died by suicide. Thank you for talking about it.

What a powerful talk. Thank you, Sally, for your openness about your own experience and how people can find help.

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Thank you for sharing your story. I, too, see us as part of a social justice movement. Mental health is a human right.

Sally, great job sharing your personal story and empowering survivors to share their own narratives.

I am sorry for your loss, Dr. Sally Spencer-Thomas. Sincere condolences. I, too, have had similar losses. Shine a light.

Thank you so much Sally, for sharing your story, your spirit, and all of your incredible efforts!

Beautiful, powerful and critical talk, Sally!! I also firmly believe in the power of storytelling for breaking down the stigma surrounding mental illness. :)

THANK YOU for posting! As a four-time familial suicide survivor (husband at 19, mother at 48, 2nd husband 28, & cousin age 21. Father died at 54, in my arms, due to alcoholism) , I understand the great pain and stigma associate with the loss of a loved one by suicide. I didn't just "Survive," I found a way to "Thrive."' Need a friend? -@ Teardrops That Tango. ✞ Friendz; You are strong. You are beautiful. When it feels like the rest of the world is unreachable, help is out there. When the rest of the world feels like too much to handle, there is always someone or something that can help you take control of your thoughts, your actions, and your mental health. What you need to remember in times like these, is that you are never alone.

I was already anxious and depressed and then I decided to watch this video because of the topic and I see this woman doing what I am afraid to do and wearing a dress that I used to own and can no longer wear because I have gained so much weight because I have given up hope.

Am only seeing this in the 2021 and it's still relevant, thank you for sharing

Excellent, thank you for your enlightenment, powerful truth and sharing your ideals Dr. Sally Spencer-Thomas - I enjoyed your presentation and will share it throughout our campus. You are amazing and are truly appreciated. Best to you today, tomorrow and always. Respectfully, Rebekah Hatch

Not everyone who commits suicide are bipolar. Many are clinically depressed not bipolar. I say this as I find many people associate suicide with bipolar.

Powerful, persuasive, uplifting, motivational and captivating. Well done, Sally!

I dont think there has been a day I can remember that I haven't wanted to die. I can't just do it because of the pain it would cause my family. So I've just been doing the most dangerous things I can, in hopes that I'll die in the course of it. Then my family will think it was accidental and I went doing something I loved. When in reality I'm ending my pain, without creating more for them.

Powerful presentation! Powerful message!

Poverty brings worst depression because in poverty lots of poor choices get made. So get away from poverty as soon as possible,make it first priority(to run away).

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Well done Sally, from Cathal O' Reilly in Dublin :)

What an honor to have Dr. Spencer-Thomas as a colleague. I completely agree. The lens of psychopathology in our culture rather than understanding human problems is at the heart of the problem of discrimination. Perpetuating diagnosis and pharmacology rather than the strategies of Dr. Spencer-Thomas for social change is so essential. I am sorry to hear the label "bipolar" referenced so often as it may be a cover up for substance use or difficulty modulating emotions in families that had interpersonal challenges, trauma is often the root in my experience and we as humans do not understand how easily we can hurt or fail to help one another. So glad Dr. Spencer-Thomas is so eloquent and passionate !

Depression sucks and it has many faces, I personally know.

I've struggled my whole life with depression etc. The corporate ways need to manage the human condition. Otherwise we become homeless and addicted.

Powerful.🙏🙏🙏

Help cost money. And as everyone knows. No one cares about those without the means to pay for the help this woman is referring to. What's it like to know. You can afford help?. Most will never know. Not because of lack of effort or being lazy. But because it's how the system is designed. It cannot be changed.

I get angry that people get in someones way who doesnt want to be here anymore. This world is a sht pit. Its noones choice but the one leaving. Leave them alone

Its not always treatable

So helpful!

never use the term Committed Suicide.. they committed nothing. .. they took their lives.

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Great talk. I wish i could join, except that suicide, i believe, is like rising sea levels caused by climate change, simply unstoppable, because of the pressures of modern day existence. Silencing the raging "monkey mind", i think, is key...and when enough individuals practicing meditation reach critical mass, it is possible to minimize, not eradicate, suicide. Too bad that while i was in New York City silencing the mind, my son, aged 39, was in Manila struggling with his. And because i had to extend my stay so that i could attend his elder sister's wedding in June, it was impossible to return on the 15th of May, as was previously scheduled. He died on the 16th. Meditation works. I had to quickly learn it a few years back in order to save my mind. I had the beginnings of mental problems (anxiety, paranoia) having to do with an intolerant religious organization, a church! that had far too many hit men. . . which is another story. There just wasn't enough time to impart that crucial knowledge essential to my son's survival in modern life.. Heck, it was a big problem teaching him, as a child, how to read. He had dyslexia. He was a good son,a good man, a great artist. He will be sorely missed. Seems he was alone while struggling with his "problem", whatever it was, leading to a permanent solution to an impermanent problem. I realize this suicide is a "curve ball" thrown at me ( at the entire family and the many friends of Kinkin!!) as a consequence of Life. And that we are all really spirits with bodies, not the other way around. I suggest that everybody therefore must, for the sake of survival in these interesting times, take to heart this ancient truism : You are not your body...you are not even your mind... you are Consciousness. Here's to that critical mass i spoke of earlier...Cheers!

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stoping suicide with comedy

Everyday is a fight. You never give up. It is a very selfish act. Life is hard. It's the people you leave behind. I will be dead soon enough. Why would anyone want to hurry that up? There is to much to do. Don't ever do that to the people you love. Get up and fight. I would hate to be remembered as a person that hurt my family that way.

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