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The Viall Files

E168 A Conversation with Suicide Survivor Kevin Hines

The Viall Files

Nick Viall

Society & Culture, Relationships, After Shows, Tv & Film

424.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Today we are having one of those tough but important conversations on The Viall Files. Nick is joined by guest Kevin Hines, a suicide survivor who jumped off The Golden Gate Bridge and lived to tell the story. This conversation is honest, inspirational, and educational when it comes to identifying signs of possible suicide ideations in yourself and those around you. Kevin shares his story, his immediate thoughts once his feet left that bridge, and how the experience has not only made him become a motivational speaker for suicide prevention and mental health but has motivated him to take his second chance at life at making sure that jumping off that bridge will never be an option. Committing to life is not always the easiest road; but as we learn in this episode, four words can make all the difference: "I Need Help Now." Normalizing and speaking about this topic is how less lives will continue to be impacted by suicide. 

“I immediately regretted it.” 

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0:42.0

What is going on everybody? How are you?

0:56.0

Chrissy, how are you? Good. How are you? I'm fine. I'm fine. Getting closer with the house thing. I'm very excited for you. I don't it's not mine yet. I know these things go. They drag out. They drag out. It's nerve wracking. But it's exciting. We'll see.

1:17.0

The anticipation is exciting. You're picking up someone from the airport today. I am picking up someone from the airport today.

1:24.0

The guy. Yes. The sex related. Yes. Like it's locked in. There's no like we'll see how it goes. No. Yeah. It's in. It's locked in. Done. This is like a got on a flight came here coming for sex weekend.

1:42.0

Fun. Good for you. I mean, I like I'll preface by saying I've known this person for like 15 years. No, shame. I'll know not to bother you.

1:53.0

Yeah, don't test me. Although we will be close to where you live. So if you see us walking down. You know, even on this person for 15 years. Yeah. They're a good friend. They are good friend. What's what's why not more because they live nowhere near me.

2:13.0

Interesting. Yeah. I played a fun game with someone I've been getting to know. Kind of dating. I thought it was interesting. I've really got here to think I've been resistant to maybe exploring it more for other. We don't we don't get into it. We won't get into it.

2:35.0

But then I thought to myself, you know what I should, you know, you know how sometimes when you like know someone, but thing you're like, I don't know if I know you. Yeah.

2:45.0

A little things. Yeah. Like I don't know if I've spent enough time with you that I know like where your toothbrush is or that. I asked this person.

2:55.0

I thought I'm going to take. I'm going to. I'm going to text someone like tell me three things you love and three things you hate. Random things. First.

3:07.0

First she replied, wait about us about me about you. And I'm like, no, nothing about me or us, but just random things about that you like and don't like.

3:20.0

She's like, oh, good. Thanks for I'm glad I asked because apparently the first thing she did was made a list about things she hates about me.

3:28.0

Oh, that was actually kind of funny. I mean good news is I made her tell me after she told me that I'm like, well, this is none of this is new news.

3:39.0

Yeah. You're like everyone hates those things about me. I hate those things about me. You know, it wasn't like, why would you say that about me?

3:47.0

No, I'm not. You are part for the course. That's a fair statement.

3:52.0

But it was also a fun game to play. There's a fun game for the people who are in relationships. Give it a shot if you've been married for a while.

3:59.0

I know what I learned. Her favorite day of the week is Monday. Oh, it makes me concerned that she might be a psychopath. But at the same time, I would never have known.

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