The U.S. Surgeon General calls mental health the defining health crisis of our time. In fact, last year, more than 50,000 people took their life by suicide. That’s the highest rate of suicide that the nation has ever seen.And in recent years, young African Americans between 10 and 24 years old saw the largest increase in suicides.
“Those negative thoughts ‘You’re not worthy. Your son would be better off, kill yourself. Nobody’s gonna miss you.’ Those are the things that hit you the most,” explained Bryant.“I was gonna jump from a parking deck,” Bryant said.“I called my Aunt Spankie, and I told her she could have my shoes,” Bryant said.
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