Suicide Prevention Month

The Ugly Truth About The Girl Next Door

Documentary, Society & Culture

4.6 • 626 Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

**Trigger Warning** In this episode we talk about September’s Suicide Prevention month, the statistics and Kait’s journey

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Kate. And I'm Lori. We've always thought that the most compelling story
0:09.8	strikes the perfect balance between an honest look at the mess of life and the humor that can be found in the mess.
0:14.9	To be perfectly honest, we don't really know how to live life without both the humor and the authenticity.
0:20.1	Our podcast might be a little bit of whiplash at times. We can spin from hard, We don't really know how to live life without both the humor and the authenticity.
0:23.5	Our podcast might be a little bit of whiplash at times.
0:27.2	We can spin from hard and deep to humor and laughing on a dime.
0:31.6	The hard will be really hard and the truths we share are the ugliest of humanity.
0:36.1	We don't intend to make it seem like it's all fine or to pretty up the pain.
0:38.4	But we also know that the joy we found is all the more profound because of the pain. So we hope you can stick with us through the ugly
0:43.7	because there will also be joy and hope and humor. Welcome to the ugly truth about the girl
0:48.8	next door. So before you start listening to this episode, we want you to understand that there's a trigger
0:59.4	warning for this because Kate will be talking in depth about her suicide attempt in middle
1:05.7	school and talking about the factors that led to that.
1:09.0	So we really want just to make sure that people realize that there is always help available.
1:14.8	I know we know that sometimes Kate will talk very clearly about the fact that there were times in her life where she felt like ending her life was the only way to be relieved of what she was going through.
1:27.7	We understand that she is not the only one who is living with that.
1:31.9	The good news is the Federal Communications Commission a year ago created a simple,
1:38.2	free, 24-hour confidential number.
1:41.4	It's intended to kind of parallel the 911 concept. But if you need help,
1:47.1	please remember that you matter to someone and you can always 24 hours a day call the number 988.
1:53.6	And there will be help available. A mental health professional is there to help you 24 hours a day.
1:59.4	Please don't give up before reaching out for help.
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