Hey, it's Anna. Our episode this week deals with suicide, and we also discuss an attempt.

If you or someone you love is at risk of harming themselves, or if you just need some help

with mental health, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. The number is

1-800-273-8255. Or as you'll hear about in this episode, as of July 16th, you can just

dial 988. I imagine driving a semi, that's a lot of time with your own thoughts.

Yeah, and sometimes it's rewarding, sometimes it's not. It's just thought after thought,

after thought, it's not healthy. And almost every song on the radio, I can twist towards

the negative song. It's just not good.

This is Death, Sex, and Money. The show from WNYC about the things we think about a lot,

and need to talk about more. I'm Anna Sale.

Jason Whipmeyer is 37, a husband and father of two little boys who lives in Casper, Wyoming.

Until recently, he made money driving a truck.

Most of their day trips, but they're long days, families sleep on the lead, and the kids

are asleep on the get home.

Jason is a suicide attempt survivor, and is active in a local suicide prevention group.

Wyoming had the highest rate of suicide per capita in the US in 2020. It's been one

of the top states every year since 1990, for most of Jason's life.

Jason's mental health struggles started in his mid-twenties. He'd make a small mistake

or feel guilty about something, and then couldn't shake it, and he would end up in a very

dark place.

Nathan Meada, Anna DeCresson, and didn't work.

Then a few months later, he was heading back from work. This was in 2013.

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