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Talking Mental Health Help And Suicide Prevention with Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services · The iHeart SoCal Show

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  Speaker 1: Hi there, it's Lisa Fox. Life can be a lot,
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  Speaker 1: and D.D. Hirsch Mental Health Services is here to help.
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  Speaker 1: They provide compassionate mental health, substance use, and suicide prevention
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  Speaker 1: services to individuals and families in need, and they are wonderful.
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  Speaker 1: September is also Suicide Prevention Month, and they do so
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  Speaker 1: much to be there for people. I want to spread
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  Speaker 1: the word and make sure you know that you are
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  Speaker 1: not alone. ddhirsch.org for all the info, D-I-D-I H-I-R-C-S-H.org for
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  Speaker 1: all the info. And on to tell us more is
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  Speaker 1: their wonderful CEO, Lynn Morris. Hi, Lynn.
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  Speaker 2: Hi, Lisa. Thank you for having us. Appreciate it.
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  Speaker 1: So sorry. I was telling Lynn before the show started,
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  Speaker 1: I said, I'm already crying before I even pick up
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  Speaker 1: the phone to talk to her. I wanted to have
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  Speaker 1: her on for many reasons, but also to say thank you.
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  Speaker 1: Dede Hirsch, Mental Health Services. We're so wonderful. to fire
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  Speaker 1: survivors after the fires, reaching out to let people know
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  Speaker 1: that you were there for people going through so much
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  Speaker 1: trauma after the recent fires, the 2025 fires. And just
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  Speaker 1: thank you so much because we still need to do
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  Speaker 1: more therapy, but we really appreciate just people reaching out.
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  Speaker 1: to say that we're here for you.
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  Speaker 2: No, and we wanted to be there for our communities
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  Speaker 2: after the fires, and we still are to this day.
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  Speaker 2: We are still providing trauma-informed free therapy to people who
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  Speaker 2: survived those terrible wildfires because we know that the grief,
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  Speaker 2: the loss, the trauma from that, it doesn't end when
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  Speaker 2: the fires end. It's been longstanding, and D.D. Hirsch is
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  Speaker 2: always there for people in times of crisis, and to
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  Speaker 2: be able to help through that navigating what that means
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  Speaker 2: when people have lost everything and lost their communities. So
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  Speaker 2: we wanted to make sure people do know. And out
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  Speaker 2: of that, we're continuing to provide that kind of care
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  Speaker 2: and counseling within our communities. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: It's been a year and a half and I still
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  Speaker 1: cry every day. And it's just been it's a lot,
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  Speaker 1: you know, and even to go back over there and
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  Speaker 1: figure out what we're going to do. It's so many
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  Speaker 1: people are so stuck. And just to see it visibly,
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  Speaker 1: it's just heartbreaking to know what people are going through
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  Speaker 1: in all the communities. But we lost in the Palisades, but.
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  Speaker 1: It's just, you know, Eric grew up and there's just
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  Speaker 1: so many memories and it's just a lot of different
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  Speaker 1: levels of things for people to try to grasp. And
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  Speaker 1: it's a lot. So it's like, how do you even
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  Speaker 1: do what you do? So I want you, Lynn, to
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  Speaker 1: share your background because you're a licensed marriage and family therapist.
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  Speaker 1: So this is what you've dedicated your life to doing
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  Speaker 1: is helping people. Tell us why, why this is so
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  Speaker 1: important to you and why you've dedicated your life to
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  Speaker 1: helping people go through their toughest times.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, thank you. I appreciate that. So I am a
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  Speaker 2: licensed marriage family therapist. I have always really enjoyed learning
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  Speaker 2: about people and knowing their stories and really having a
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  Speaker 2: human connection with people. And that's why I got into
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  Speaker 2: mental health to begin with. But I stayed in mental
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  Speaker 2: health because of the people that I work with and
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  Speaker 2: the impact that I see that we have where people
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  Speaker 2: It sometimes just takes one caring person, one person to
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  Speaker 2: sit and listen to somebody in their pain that can
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  Speaker 2: change the course of that person's life or the way
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  Speaker 2: that they manage the trauma or the crisis that they're
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  Speaker 2: in at the time. You know, I did lose a
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  Speaker 2: good friend to suicide as well. So that is what
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  Speaker 2: got me more involved in working in our suicide prevention
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  Speaker 2: work at D.D. Hirsch, which is nationally renowned. And, you know,
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  Speaker 2: to think about the fact that I was a therapist,
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  Speaker 2: and I lost a friend to suicide and didn't know,
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  Speaker 2: you know, at the time, hindsight 2020, that what I
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  Speaker 2: could have seen or recognized, you know, maybe at the time,
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  Speaker 2: because Unfortunately, that kind of training didn't even really exist
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  Speaker 2: in graduate programs where to the depth that it needed
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  Speaker 2: to be. So it became part of my mission to
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  Speaker 2: help educate and increase awareness out in our communities because
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  Speaker 2: anyone can help somebody in a suicidal crisis. It doesn't
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  Speaker 2: have to be somebody who is a therapist. It just
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  Speaker 2: takes somebody who cares, who listens and. And who can
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  Speaker 2: connect that person to a resource if they feel like
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  Speaker 2: they can't handle it, which is why we have 988,
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  Speaker 2: which is a three digit crisis line number for people
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  Speaker 2: who are experiencing mental health or suicidal crisis.
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  Speaker 1: You've made it so easy with the 988 number. You know,
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  Speaker 1: now we have that 988 number. And you can even text.
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  Speaker 1: I know we'll talk about the teen line. You do
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  Speaker 1: so much for teens and adults in crisis. But just
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  Speaker 1: to be able to text and just have a texting conversation,
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  Speaker 1: we can text you 988, right? And just kind of
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  Speaker 1: start the reaching out process, right? Yep.
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  Speaker 2: You can text 988. You can text the teen line.
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  Speaker 2: And we're there for anybody of any age, any background,
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  Speaker 2: because we know we are all human beings and we
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  Speaker 2: are all experiencing mental health in crisis. And Our teens
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  Speaker 2: on our teen line, you know, they are just amazing.
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  Speaker 2: They actually give me hope for our future because they
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  Speaker 2: are these incredible young people who dedicate their time on
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  Speaker 2: a volunteer basis to talk to other teens who are
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  Speaker 2: in crisis. And they're well-trained, you know, obviously, but they
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  Speaker 2: spend their time understanding teens because, you know, as adults,
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  Speaker 2: we think we're cool. We think we understand what's going
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  Speaker 2: on with the youth, but we really don't. And it
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  Speaker 2: really takes the youth to be able to talk to
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  Speaker 2: each other and And that way for them to open
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  Speaker 2: up and just open up that door for them to
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  Speaker 2: start getting support, to start feeling comfortable talking about their
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  Speaker 2: feelings so that they can continue to get the mental
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  Speaker 2: health support that they may need moving forward.
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  Speaker 1: Wow. So we have trained teens answering questions. The teen line. Wow.
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  Speaker 1: That must make people on the other end feel so
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  Speaker 1: much more comfortable, you know, not an adult trying to,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, which is okay, too, to have an adult,
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  Speaker 1: but to have someone in their own peer group to
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  Speaker 1: be there for them and talk their language, right?
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely. I mean, there is, as we have learned, there
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  Speaker 2: is nothing better than a teen talking to a teen
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  Speaker 2: in crisis on our teen line because it's They know
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  Speaker 2: what to say and they know what's really happening at
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  Speaker 2: schools and their communities, on social media, you know, in
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  Speaker 2: every facet of a teen's life. They know the language
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  Speaker 2: because oftentimes they say things and adults are like, what
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  Speaker 2: does that mean? And teens don't want to have to
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  Speaker 2: take the time to explain that and to even feel understood.
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  Speaker 2: There's an automatic understanding and compassion and empathy for teens
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  Speaker 2: that are in that situation talking to each other. And
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  Speaker 2: they just, they get it. They get it, which is
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  Speaker 2: helpful because like I said, sometimes that is the first
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  Speaker 2: point of a teen reaching out for help. So we
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  Speaker 2: want it to be the most comfortable as possible so
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  Speaker 2: that they continue to get the help they need.
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  Speaker 1: And again, you know, 988, it's just so easy. It's
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  Speaker 1: on your phone and you can quietly just start the
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  Speaker 1: reaching out process. And teens going through a lot at home.
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  Speaker 1: And like I said, at school, if they don't have
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  Speaker 1: anyone that can really confide in and talk to, this
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  Speaker 1: could be a safe place. And you don't need to
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  Speaker 1: reach out if you are thinking suicidal thoughts. You can
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  Speaker 1: just reach out if you are in peril and you're struggling.
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  Speaker 1: And just reach out in general, right? It's not the
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  Speaker 1: pressure of, I'm not going to do something to harm myself.
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  Speaker 1: If you are, of course, 988. But if you're just
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  Speaker 1: having desperate thoughts or going through some stuff, you can
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  Speaker 1: just reach out and start a conversation.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely. So 988 is for people who are just
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  Speaker 2: experiencing mental health problems. concerns or people who are feeling
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  Speaker 2: suicidal so it can be somebody who's just anxious that
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  Speaker 2: day depressed upset about something it can be somebody who
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  Speaker 2: is suicidal you know as well 988 we have trained
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  Speaker 2: counselors on the other end that will answer those calls
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  Speaker 2: and talk to people in their worst moments or just
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  Speaker 2: getting them through moments that they're struggling with at that
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  Speaker 2: time 9-8-8 is also for people who are worried about
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  Speaker 2: somebody as well. And that's the part that sometimes gets
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  Speaker 2: missed that people don't know. If you're a parent, a teacher,
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  Speaker 2: a grandma, an employer, whoever you are, and you're concerned
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  Speaker 2: about someone, something's not right and you don't really know
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  Speaker 2: what to do or say, you can call 9-8-8 and
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  Speaker 2: talk to a counselor and get some help as well
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  Speaker 2: on how to help that person.
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  Speaker 1: This might be the best number ever. 988. Reach out
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  Speaker 1: if it's you, if it's someone that you know, or
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  Speaker 1: like Lynn just said, if you are worried about somebody,
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  Speaker 1: call for advice. Reach out for advice and help that person.
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  Speaker 1: And just being there for that person could make the
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  Speaker 1: change to have them still here with us. You know,
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  Speaker 1: it's so hard, like you said, losing your friend. And
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  Speaker 1: after the fact, I had you on the show years
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  Speaker 1: ago after Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington took his life
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  Speaker 1: and so many fans were like wait what like why
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  Speaker 1: like how how could you do that how could you
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  Speaker 1: and people just were grappling with this terrible you know
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  Speaker 1: the the what happens after someone takes their life then
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  Speaker 1: there's this wake of destruction and and so many people
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  Speaker 1: who are just feel deserted and and upset and troubled
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  Speaker 1: and just mystified as to how could this happen why
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  Speaker 1: this happened and and what can I do to prevent it?
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  Speaker 1: What is the advice? You know, like you said, you
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  Speaker 1: mentioned the signs to look for. What are we looking for?
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  Speaker 1: What are we looking for so that we can help
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  Speaker 1: keep our loved ones here, keep people that we love
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  Speaker 1: here with us?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think first and foremost, you know, people tell
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  Speaker 2: us They say, make statements of hopelessness or helplessness that
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  Speaker 2: sometimes we ignore or sometimes we brush off. So when
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  Speaker 2: people start saying things like, I wish I wasn't here anymore,
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  Speaker 2: I wish I wouldn't wake up in the morning, you know,
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  Speaker 2: life just doesn't seem worth living anymore. That can be
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  Speaker 2: an indicator that somebody is thinking of suicide. And you
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  Speaker 2: should ask and say, hey, you know, I'm concerned as
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  Speaker 2: your friend or as your loved one, you know, when
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  Speaker 2: you made that statement, I'm wondering if you're thinking about
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  Speaker 2: killing yourself. And that can be hard for people to say,
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  Speaker 2: but it's important to say because when people are feeling
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  Speaker 2: that way, it's good for them to know somebody else
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  Speaker 2: is hearing and seeing them and understanding and willing to
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  Speaker 2: talk to them about it. It can get them through
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  Speaker 2: that crisis. Changes in behavior, you know, people are sleeping
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  Speaker 2: a lot more than normal. They're not socializing as they
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  Speaker 2: would increase in substance. use or risky behaviors. Things of
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  Speaker 2: that nature are all things to look for in somebody
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  Speaker 2: who could be potentially suicidal or just struggling at that moment.
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  Speaker 2: I think it's You know, what we tell people is
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  Speaker 2: trust your gut. You usually know when something's off with someone. And,
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  Speaker 2: you know, even if you don't have the answer to
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  Speaker 2: just say, you know, I don't know, you just haven't
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  Speaker 2: been yourself lately. And I'm concerned about you. I know
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  Speaker 2: you've been going through some challenges at work or with
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  Speaker 2: a relationship or whatever it is. And I'm concerned, you know,
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  Speaker 2: sometimes when people are going through so much, they actually
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  Speaker 2: think of killing themselves. And I'm wondering if you are too.
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  Speaker 2: And put it out there. The worst somebody will say
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  Speaker 2: to you is, no, that's not what I'm thinking. And
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  Speaker 2: that's okay. They will at least feel cared about and
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  Speaker 2: feel seen and not alone.
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  Speaker 1: And also, I think we've talked about this too, is
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  Speaker 1: if people withdraw, if you haven't talked to somebody in
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  Speaker 1: a while, checking in, checking in with someone who are
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  Speaker 1: watching their social media posts. Sometimes people, that's kind of
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  Speaker 1: a cry for help. You put a little something on
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  Speaker 1: social media, pick up the phone, call someone. text, do
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  Speaker 1: something that shows that you care. And like Lynn is saying,
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  Speaker 1: that could be the one thing that is the game changer.
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  Speaker 1: You do so much for suicide prevention and you have
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  Speaker 1: the brick and mortar. You have an actual place on
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  Speaker 1: Olympic Boulevard in my neighborhood. So I see it on
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  Speaker 1: my way to the Westfield Century City Mall. You have
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  Speaker 1: an actual place where people can walk into. Is it
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  Speaker 1: open 24-7? But it's an actual place you can walk
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  Speaker 1: into and say, I need help.
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  Speaker 2: What are the hours?
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  Speaker 1: The Suicide Prevention Center?
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  Speaker 2: We're open kind of regular business hours for walk-ins. The
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  Speaker 2: crisis lines, though, are 24-7. So we always have somebody
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  Speaker 2: on the lines. But we have an array of services
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  Speaker 2: between our crisis lines. We have a counseling center for
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  Speaker 2: people who are needing specialized care. If they are feeling
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  Speaker 2: depressed and anxious or suicidal or have had a suicide attempt,
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  Speaker 2: we have specialized suicide prevention counseling for folks, individual or groups.
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  Speaker 2: We have groups for people who have lost someone to
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  Speaker 2: suicide as well as people who have attempted suicide because
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  Speaker 2: we want people to know and why we have that
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  Speaker 2: building on Olympic with a sign on the outside that
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  Speaker 2: says Suicide Prevention Center is that we can talk about suicide.
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  Speaker 2: We should talk about our mental health just as much
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  Speaker 2: as we talk about our physical health. And get the
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  Speaker 2: care that we need to take care of ourselves. And
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  Speaker 2: that was part of our efforts to erase the stigma
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  Speaker 2: around talking about suicide and letting people know that there
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  Speaker 2: is help out there.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, because it's more important to talk about it before
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  Speaker 1: it's too late. Once it's too late. I remember years
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  Speaker 1: ago having your previous CEO, Keita Curry, on before she retired.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Keita Curry. Keita Curry.
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  Speaker 1: What a sweetheart. She was telling me a story about
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  Speaker 1: there was a big documentary about the man in San Francisco. Sadly,
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  Speaker 1: a lot of people take their life off the Golden
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  Speaker 1: Gate Bridge. And there was a man who who jumped and.
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  Speaker 1: And the second he did it, he regretted it immediately.
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  Speaker 1: And he survived. He survived that crazy fall into the water,
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  Speaker 1: which they say is so painfully destructive to the body.
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  Speaker 1: And they did a whole documentary about how much he
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  Speaker 1: regretted the second he did it. Like, oh, wait, why
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  Speaker 1: did I do this? I want to take it back.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Kevin Hines.
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  Speaker 1: Kevin Hines. And it's such an eye-opening way of looking
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  Speaker 1: at it. Like, right? I mean, how do you explain
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  Speaker 1: that to people who are thinking about taken their life.
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  Speaker 1: And the second he jumped, he was like, oh, I
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  Speaker 1: wanted to take it back. And God's grace, somehow he
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  Speaker 1: survived and was able to tell people, don't do it.
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  Speaker 1: Let's find a way. Another way to escape the pain
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  Speaker 1: you might be feeling.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, no, absolutely. And I think that's the thing. And
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  Speaker 2: that's why we encourage people to reach out, to call
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  Speaker 2: 988 if you're in crisis, recognizing other people when they're
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  Speaker 2: struggling to offer that just compassion and support, you know,
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  Speaker 2: in that moment, because it's Oftentimes people don't want to
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  Speaker 2: kill themselves when they're thinking of suicide. They're just in
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  Speaker 2: a lot of psychological pain and they don't know how
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  Speaker 2: to get through it and they want to end it.
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  Speaker 2: But a caring person can change the whole trajectory of
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  Speaker 2: their life.
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  Speaker 1: And how is it at the Alive Together 5K that
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  Speaker 1: you do every year? I have yet to go. I'm
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  Speaker 1: thinking this year I can put in the schedule. Alive Together,
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  Speaker 1: they do a 5K every year, again, as part of
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  Speaker 1: Suicide Prevention Month at the end of September at UCLA.
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  Speaker 1: It's the 5K walk, run, benefiting your suicide prevention center
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  Speaker 1: that we were just speaking of on Olympic Boulevard in
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  Speaker 1: Century City. But Alive Together, what a mixture of people
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  Speaker 1: coming together to combat this. But like we're talking about,
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  Speaker 1: to be there for each other and to be there for...
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  Speaker 1: Talk about the types of people who come to this walk.
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  Speaker 1: It's people directly affected, people who just want to come support,
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  Speaker 1: people who want to just wrap their arms around everybody
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  Speaker 1: and give everybody a big hug. It's a lot of
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  Speaker 1: love there, a lot of love.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, a lot of love and support. And we have
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  Speaker 2: over a thousand people who come to our Alive Together event.
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  Speaker 2: And It is mostly survivors, so people who have lost
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  Speaker 2: someone to suicide. It's also people who have attempted suicide
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  Speaker 2: and they want to be in a community where they
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  Speaker 2: know they're understood and where they see people supporting them
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  Speaker 2: and the cause for suicide prevention. And then it's a
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  Speaker 2: lot of our partners in the community and people who
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  Speaker 2: have family members or have a connection to mental health
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  Speaker 2: or suicide groups. But anybody can come because suicide affects
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  Speaker 2: us all in some way, shape or form. Anytime we
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  Speaker 2: do a training and outreach in our communities to help
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  Speaker 2: people understand what suicide is about and how to help somebody,
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  Speaker 2: every single time we get somebody that comes up to
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  Speaker 2: us afterwards to tell us about a loss that they've
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  Speaker 2: had in their life. And so anybody can come to
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  Speaker 2: this event. If you care about mental health, you care
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  Speaker 2: about people, you care about suicide prevention, you're welcome to come.
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  Speaker 2: Allottedtogether.org is where you can sign up and register. You know,
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  Speaker 2: I have to say one of the best moments I
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  Speaker 2: had at our event one year was there's lots of
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  Speaker 2: people who have lost people to suicide and they have
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  Speaker 2: T-shirts and they're, you know, honoring their loved ones.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. And they create teams and things like that. And
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  Speaker 2: a lot of times it's visible that they've they've lost people.
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  Speaker 2: And I remember at one point somebody asking another person
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  Speaker 2: I was standing next to say, you know, who are
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  Speaker 2: you here for? And the person said, I'm here for myself.
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  Speaker 2: I attempted suicide X number of years ago, and I'm
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  Speaker 2: here for myself today. And that just gave me chills
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  Speaker 2: to know that they felt so comfortable to be able
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  Speaker 2: to say that because they knew they were in a
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  Speaker 2: community that cares and that supports them and that is
• 16:42
  Speaker 2: doing something about it.
• 16:43
  Speaker 1: Oh, I love that. And I love that love. And
• 16:47
  Speaker 1: I'm going to guess, not just because I'm a crier, Lynn,
• 16:49
  Speaker 1: but I'm going to guess there will be tears. Sometimes
• 16:51
  Speaker 1: a mixture of tears, right? It's all the feelings. And
• 16:54
  Speaker 1: that's okay, too. Come there and get it out and
• 16:57
  Speaker 1: get your group hug on and love on people who
• 16:59
  Speaker 1: need it. You also have a really special, and this
• 17:02
  Speaker 1: made me teary as well, though, on the D.D. Hirsch website,
• 17:05
  Speaker 1: the memorials page. But it's like a tribute page, but
• 17:08
  Speaker 1: it's still, it's so sad to talk about the memorials page.
• 17:11
  Speaker 1: And it's beautiful what people say, but you're like, oh,
• 17:13
  Speaker 1: I wish I could have. Stopped it in time. I
• 17:16
  Speaker 1: wish I could have stopped it in time.
• 17:17
  Speaker 2: Yeah, well, you know, and I'm so grateful for all
• 17:20
  Speaker 2: the people who do share their stories of losing their
• 17:24
  Speaker 2: loved ones, because, yes, it's sad to read about and
• 17:27
  Speaker 2: it's sad to see the pictures and the story. But
• 17:31
  Speaker 2: if that our survivors always tell us, if that helps
• 17:34
  Speaker 2: one other family not go through what we went through,
• 17:36
  Speaker 2: if that helps one other person not experience a loss,
• 17:40
  Speaker 2: that they learn something from my story of how to
• 17:42
  Speaker 2: reach out, how to help. how to connect somebody to care,
• 17:46
  Speaker 2: how to just know that D.D. Hirsch is here and
• 17:48
  Speaker 2: I'm going to call them because I don't know what
• 17:49
  Speaker 2: to do and they can help me with my loved one.
• 17:52
  Speaker 2: If it helps one person, it was worth it. But yes,
• 17:56
  Speaker 2: there are some beautiful stories on the tribute page and
• 18:00
  Speaker 2: lives lost too young, obviously, and tragically. But the family
• 18:06
  Speaker 2: members who share their stories are some of the most
• 18:09
  Speaker 2: courageous people out there because they're sharing their story to
• 18:13
  Speaker 2: help them through their grief, but they also know that
• 18:16
  Speaker 2: it helps others. And that's important because I think that
• 18:20
  Speaker 2: gets lost in our world nowadays and really knowing how
• 18:23
  Speaker 2: to help somebody else and just be there for someone.
• 18:26
  Speaker 2: So that's a really powerful way that our families have
• 18:29
  Speaker 2: lost people to suicide, do that for others.
• 18:32
  Speaker 1: DD Hirsch Mental Health Services, doing so much to help
• 18:34
  Speaker 1: others through suicide prevention, mental health services. You do residential care,
• 18:38
  Speaker 1: substance use treatment, so much for adults, teens, and anyone
• 18:42
  Speaker 1: who needs it. 988 is the number to text or
• 18:46
  Speaker 1: call anytime you need somebody or want to call on
• 18:49
  Speaker 1: behalf of someone who you are worried about. It's an
• 18:52
  Speaker 1: open line. Teens can talk to teens. Adults can talk
• 18:55
  Speaker 1: to adults. It's trained people who are here for you,
• 18:57
  Speaker 1: want to help you. You are never alone. You are
• 19:00
  Speaker 1: cared for, and there are people who are here for
• 19:03
  Speaker 1: you to get you through troubled times and get the
• 19:05
  Speaker 1: care you need. And the website, ddhirsch.org, d-i-d-i-h-i-r-s-c-h.org for all
• 19:13
  Speaker 1: of the info, 988, the number to text or call
• 19:16
  Speaker 1: if you're in troubled times. You're not alone. And you
• 19:19
  Speaker 1: have lovely people like Lynn Morris, their C.E.O., here to
• 19:23
  Speaker 1: help and a team of trained, amazing people who also care.
• 19:27
  Speaker 1: Like you said, you're in this industry, in this, you know,
• 19:30
  Speaker 1: work with this organization because you care about people. So
• 19:32
  Speaker 1: people on the other end of the phone care about you.
• 19:35
  Speaker 1: And if you need the help, the help is waiting
• 19:37
  Speaker 1: for you at 988 and at ddhirsch.org for all the info. Lynn,
• 19:42
  Speaker 1: thank you so much for all that you all do
• 19:44
  Speaker 1: for so many people. And I'm not crying at this moment,
• 19:48
  Speaker 1: but I'm sure when I hang up, it's going to
• 19:49
  Speaker 1: come back. No, I'm kidding.
• 19:51
  Speaker 2: Well, thank you for helping us to increase the awareness
• 19:54
  Speaker 2: around this important issue, Lisa. And it takes people like
• 19:56
  Speaker 2: you who do care to get the word out. So
• 19:59
  Speaker 2: very much appreciate you too. Thank you so much.
• 20:01
  Speaker 1: Thank you. And we'll see you at the Alive Together
• 20:04
  Speaker 1: walk at the UCLA end of September. We'll see you
• 20:07
  Speaker 1: out there.
• 20:07
  Speaker 2: All right. Thank you.