Depression doesn't have to be a shameful secret | Gill Hayes | TEDxExeter
Every day, 17 families in the UK lose a loved one to suicide. Four years after her own suicide attempt, Gill Hayes aims to bring hope to others by sharing her ...
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Translator: Lena Clemente Reviewer: Denise RQ The TEDx team warned me that when I was announced as a speaker, some of you would google me. If that was you, you'll have discovered I keep a very low profile, so by way of introduction, I asked a few friends to offer a few words as to the kind of person I am. "Jill is the kind of person who lives life to the full, who believes anything's possible, who laughs from the belly." No one said, " the kind that suffer from depression," no one said, "the kind to attempt suicide," and yet, in the early hours of March 13, 2013, I got out of bed, left my sleeping family, drove to a nearby bridge and jumped. I don't remember the fall or the impact; I remember being found, I remember a neck brace being fitted...
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Translator: Lena Clemente Reviewer: Denise RQ The TEDx team warned me that when I was announced as a speaker, some of you would google me. If that was you, you'll have discovered I keep a very low profile, so by way of introduction, I asked a few friends to offer a few words as to the kind of person I am. "Jill is the kind of person who lives life to the full, who believes anything's possible, who laughs from the belly." No one said, " the kind that suffer from depression," no one said, "the kind to attempt suicide," and yet, in the early hours of March 13, 2013, I got out of bed, left my sleeping family, drove to a nearby bridge and jumped. I don't remember the fall or the impact; I remember being found, I remember a neck brace being fitted...
