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From KQED in San Francisco, this is Forum.

I'm Mina Kim.

Philosophy professor Clancy Martin says,

I've lived nearly all my life with two incompatible ideas in my head.

I wish I were dead, and I'm glad my suicides

failed. In his new book called How Not to Kill Yourself, Martin combines raw personal experiences

with an examination of suicide in our culture, sharing what it's like to both want to end

his life, yet go on living, to be open about something

that's been stigmatized and shamed in hopes that hearing his story will help someone struggling

and continue to strengthen his own resolve to live. Clancy Martin joins us after this news. I'm Mina Kim.

Welcome to Forum.

Many of us have been troubled by suicidal thoughts or touched by someone who attempted or committed suicide, and we've wished we'd known what they were going through.

Philosophy professor and essayist Clancy Martin has attempted suicide. committed suicide, and we've wished we'd known what they were going through.

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