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>> Calvin: YESTERDAY, WE HAD THE FIRST INSTALLMENT OF OUR
WEEK LONG SERIES TO SAVE ONE
LIFE.
WE SPOKE TO DOCTORS WHO SAY
MANY PEOPLE WHO DIE BY SUICIDE
DO NOT HAVE A DIAGNOSED MENTAL
ILLNESS.
BUT A MEMBER OF OUR OWN LOCAL
10 FAMILY DOES AND WANTS TO
SHARE HIS STORY WITH YOU.
>> Nicole: SPORTS ANCHOR CLAY
FERRARO WANTS TO GET RID OF
THE STIGMA OF MENTAL ILLNESS.
HE SPOKE TO OUR JANINE
STANDWOOD.
>>> WE KNOW CLAY FERRARO.
9HE’S THE SPORTS GUY.
HE’S FUNNY AND SMART WITH A
BEAUTIFUL FAMILY.
>>> I DO THE BEST THAT I CAN,
BUT I ALSO KNOW MY
LIMITATIONS.
[laughter]
LIMITATIONS. [laughter] >>> BUT AS IT TURNS OUT, WE
DON’T KNOW EVERYTHING.
>>> WHEN I WAS A KID, I WAS
KNOWN AS MR. MINT BECAUSE
EVERY BASEBALL CARD THAT I
COLLECTED HAD TO BE IN PERFECT
CONDITION.
>>> THAT STARTED WITH JUST
WASHING THE HANDS ONCE, BUT
THEN THAT BECAME TWO TIMES.
THEN THAT BECAME FOUR TIMES.
>>> WITH WORRIED AND
SUPPORTIVE PARENTS, CLAY SAW A
DOCTOR AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH
A SEVERE ANXIETY DISORDER.
>>> I WAS DIAGNOSED WHEN I WAS
REALLY YOUNG.
IT MANIFESTS ITSELF THE MOST
WITH OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE
DISORDER, ALSO KNOWN AS OCD.
>> Reporter: CLAY SOMETIMES
TOOK MEDICATION AND HAD
THERAPY.
HE SAYS HE STILL STRUGGLES,
BUT PUSHED THROUGH IN COLLEGE
AND EVENTUALLY FOUND SUCCESS
IN THE TV BUSINESS, BECOMING A
WELL KNOWN SPORTS AND NEWS
ANCHOR IN FORT MYERS, FLORIDA.
>>> I HAD A THING FOR THE NEWS
BOYS.
>> Reporter: THAT’S WHERE HE
MET HIS NOW WIFE KRISTEN.
HE HOPED HIS ILLNESS WAS
SOMETHING HE COULD MANAGE.
>>> I TOLD HER THAT I WAS OVER
THIS.
>> Reporter: BUT HE WAS NOT
OVER IT.
>>> FOR WHATEVER REASON, IT
MANIFESTED ITSELF IN A
TERRIBLE FEAR WHEN I DROVE.
>> Reporter: AND ONE
AFTERNOON, THINGS TOOK A TURN
ON A DRIVE TO CHURCH.
>>> I JUST FROZE.
I COULDN’T MOVE.
I JUST PUT THE CAR INTO PARK.
SHE’S SITTING IN THE
PASSENGER’S SEAT AND I JUST
STARTED CRYING.
>> Reporter: THE NEXT DAY,
CLAY SAW HIS DOCTOR AND HAD A
TALK WITH KRISTEN.
>>> I REMEMBER GETTING HOME
AND HE WAS JUST BESIDE
HIMSELF.
I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
WE NEED TO GET IN THE CAR.
YOU NEED TO DRIVE.
I CAN’T LIVE ONE MORE DAY LIKE
THIS.
>> Reporter: CLAY WAS CHECKED
INTO AN INSTITUTION FOR THREE
DAYS, MONITORED 24/7.
IT’S WHAT SPARKED HIM TO
REALIZE THAT FOCUSING ON HIS
MENTAL HEALTH WAS NOT
SOMETHING HE WAS MEANT TO DO
ALONE.
FOR THIS YOUNG COUPLE, IT WAS
A TURNING POINT.
>>> HE DIDN’T KNOW WHAT THAT
MEANT FOR HIS LIFE, HE DIDN’T
KNOW WHAT THAT MEANT FOR OUR
LIFE, BUT HE KNEW IT WAS SO
BAD THAT WE HAD TO GO TO THIS
HOSPITAL AND GET CHECKED IN.
>>> GETTING HELP IS THE
ULTIMATE SIGN OF STRENGTH.
>> Reporter: NOW, YEARS LATER,
WITH THE HELP OF MEDICATION,
THERAPY AND HIS FAMILY, CLAY
SAYS HIS ILLNESS IS PART OF
HIS LIFE.
CLAY AND KRISTEN ARE BUSY WITH
THEIR GROWING LITTLE GIRLS.
LIFE IS MESSY, IT’S A WORK IN
PROGRESS.
>>> THERE’S A STIGMA IN OUR
SOCIETY THAT I’M TRYING TO GET
RID OF.
>>> CLAY’S STORY SHOWS US THAT
EVEN THE GOOD LOOKING SPORTS
GUY HAS STRUGGLES.
>>> I’M NOT BREATHING HARD,
JUST AT MY DESK.
>> Reporter: EVEN THE VETERAN
REPORTER WITH A QUICK WIT CAN
BE SAD.
>>> SOMETIMES IT’S THE PEOPLE
WHO HAVE EVERYTHING TO LIVE
FOR.
IT’S THE PEOPLE WHO SEEM TO
HAVE EVERYTHING TOGETHER WHO
ARE REALLY STRUGGLING THE
MOST.
WE SAW THAT AT LOCAL 10.
I THINK WE SAW THAT WITH TODD.
EVEN IF YOU’RE SITTING THERE
AND YOU FEEL LIKE NOBODY LOVES
YOU, NOBODY CAN HELP YOU,
THERE ARE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE
WHO WANT YOU TO GET BETTER.
THIS IS MY FIGHT.
I WILL FIGHT THIS EVERY DAY.
>> Nicole: CLAY SAYS HE
SOMETIMES HAD THOUGHTS OF
SUICIDE, BUT HE SAYS THAT WAS
HIS ILLNESS TALKING.
HE REALIZED THAT HE WASN’T
ALONE.
YOU ARE NOT ALONE EITHER.
YOU CAN CALL THE SUICIDE
PREVENTION HOTLINE.
THE NUMBER IS RIGHT THERE ON
YOUR SCREEN, 1800-273-8325.
THAT IS 1800-273-TALK.
WE ALSO HAVE A LIST OF MENTAL
HEALTH RESOURCES ON OUR SITE,
Local10.com.
>> Calvin: I HAVE ONE
CORRECTION FOR CLAY.
HE SAYS THAT’S HIS FIGHT, BUT
IT’S OUR FIGHT AND IT’S ONE
THAT WE’RE GONNA HAVE WITH
HIM.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT HIS BRAVERY
AND ALL OF THAT, BUT OUR
SOCIETY STILL LOOKS DOWN UPON
WHEN PEOPLE HAVE MENTAL
ILLNESS.
WHAT IS HE HOPING TO GAIN BY
TALKING?
>>> HE THINKS IF SOMEBODY
WATCHES THIS STORY, IF HE CAN
HELP JUST ONE PERSON, HE SAYS
THAT IS MAKING THE WHOLE THING
WORTH IT.
HE SAID WE TAKE CARE OF OUR
BODIES, IT’S NOW TIME TO TAKE
CARE OF OUR BRAINS.
>> Nicole: IT’S HARD FOR US
HERE WITH TODD.
AND I HAD NO IDEA.
I GUESS SOMETIMES YOU WONDER,
WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP?
HOW DO YOU EVEN KNOW?
>>> HE SAYS JUST BRING IT UP.
IF SOMEBODY SAYS THEY NEED
HELP, TALK TO THEM.
THERE ARE RESOURCES OUT THERE.
LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY’RE NOT
ALONE.
OF COURSE, YOU’RE NOT A MENTAL
HEALTH PROFESSIONAL.
I’M NOT A MENTAL HEALTH
PROFESSIONAL, BUT THERE ARE
PEOPLE OUT THERE AND THERE IS
A LOT OF HELP OUT THERE FOR
PEOPLE WHO NEED IT.
>> Calvin: AND WE HAVE TO GO
TO BREAK HERE REALLY FAST.
BUT I’LL JUST SAY IF THERE’S A
NICE GUY AWARD IN OUR
NEWSROOM, BETWEEN ERIC YUTZY