Wake Up: Stories From the Frontlines of Suicide Prevention | movie | 2019 | Official Trailer
After a friend's unexpected suicide, two St. Louis college students formed a non-profit and began a nationwide journey t | dG1fcmhMcTg1VnRqeWM
Transcript
00:00 You know, it's been said that suicide is a death like no other and stands alone.
00:08 You're constantly besieged in your own mind.
00:11 Why couldn't anything have been done?
00:15 Here in the inner mountain west, the issue of suicide is an issue of guns.
00:19 Everybody's got a state flower and a state bird and a state tree.
00:23 We have a state firearm here.
00:25 A lot of LGBT kids, especially trans kids, they're not just rejected, they're ejected.
00:30 I figured if I just disappeared, nobody would notice.
00:35 People call our clinic for one of two reasons.
00:37 They want to kill themselves, they have PTSD, and in most cases it's both.
00:42 I got home.
00:45 Nothing was the same again.
00:47 Every single emotion you can imagine, you feel that when you lose somebody close to
00:52 you from suicide.
00:58 Keller was our only son and we miss him greatly.
01:01 He has given us, however, the gift of you.
01:06 It's not common that gun owners, health professionals, suicide experts come together, but in places
01:12 like Utah, it's becoming the norm.
01:14 I think everybody can agree on educating the public and protecting our loved ones.
01:18 Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
01:20 It doesn't discriminate.
01:22 The people who I've interviewed are perfect examples of that.
01:26 When you work with someone who's struggling with suicidal thoughts, you're fighting with
01:31 death.
01:32 When they shift, you can feel it.
01:33 You can feel it in the room.
01:34 The moment when life is starting to win, it's intoxicating.
01:43 There is a proverb that offers, "Tell me a fact and I will learn it.
01:48 Tell me the truth and I shall believe it.
01:51 But tell me a story and it will live in my heart."
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01:58 (upbeat music)