>>> AND NOW DAY THREE IN OUR
SERIES STRESSED OUT TEENS.
WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW YOUNG
PEOPLE TODAY ARE OVERCOMING THE
ENORMOUS PRESSURES THEY CAN FACE
GROWING UP IN AMERICA 2017.
LIKE THE MONTANA TEENS THAT WE
MET RECENTLY WHO STOOD UP, LOUD
AND PROUD, AND SAID EVEN A
COWBOY CAN GET A LITTLE BLUE OR
OUTRIGHT DEPRESSED.
BUT LUCKILY EVEN COWBOYS HAVE A
21st CENTURY TOOL TO HELP THEM
FIND HELP.
WATCH.
GROWING UP IN MONTANA, YOU SEE
IT ALL.
SCENIC WONDER, PIG WRESTLING AND
CATTLE BRANDING ALL STANDARD.
>> WHEN I BRAND CATTLE,
AFTERWARDS IT'S LIKE THE MOST
STEREO TYPICAL THING YOU CAN DO.
WE GET BY THE BIG BONFIRE AND WE
SING COUNTRY SONGS TO A LIVE
GUITAR PERSON.
VERY COOL.
>> STEREOTYPES ASIDE, CAITLIN,
TEDDY, FIONA AND RYLAND ARE
TYPICAL TEENS.
THEY ALSO STRUGGLE WITH ISSUES
OF MENTAL HEALTH.
TEDDY HAS STRUGGLED WITH
CLINICAL ANXIETY SINCE THE
FOURTH GRADE.
>> I ALWAYS FELT LIKE THERE WAS
THIS PRESSURE ON ME, THIS WEIGHT
ON MY SHOULDERS AND I COULDN'T
DEFINE IT.
>> FIONA AS WELL.
>> I HAVE CRIPPLING ANXIETY.
>> CAITLIN DEALS WITH MULTIPLE
CHRONIC ILLNESSES, INCLUDING
ARTHRITIS.
SHE'S IN THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE
EVERY WEEK.
>> I'M GOING TO BE FEELING PAIN
MY ENTIRE LIFE.
I'M NEVER GOING TO GET A SECOND
WHERE I DON'T FEEL PAIN.
>> WHEN RYLAND WAS JUST 14, HE
HAD AN ACCIDENT ON HIS DIRT
BIKE.
>> I HAD A STAGE 3 CON KECUSSION
AND IT BROKE SOME OF THE NERVE
ENDINGS IN MY BRAIN.
>> WHILE RECOVERING, HIS BEST
FRIEND COMMITTED SUICIDE.
A MONTH LATER, HE LOST HIS UNCLE
THE SAME WAY.
>> I COMPLETELY BROKE DOWN.
IT WAS -- IT WAS VERY, VERY BAD.
>> EACH OF THEM HAS EITHER
ATTEMPTED OR HAD SUICIDAL
THOUGHTS, AND THEY ARE NOT
ALONE.
FOR THE YEAR 2014, MONTANA HAD
THE HIGHEST RATE OF SUICIDE IN
THE UNITED STATES.
AND BETWEEN 2005 AND 2014,
SUICIDE WAS THE NUMBER TWO CAUSE
OF DEATH FOR CHILDREN AGES 10 TO
14, ADOLESCENTS AGES 15 TO 24,
AND ADULTS, AGES 25 TO 44.
THERE'S A HOST OF REASONS WHY.
ACCESS TO ALCOHOL AND FIREARMS,
SOCIAL ISOLATION, AND A CULTURAL
STIGMA AGAINST DEPRESSION THAT
OFTEN PREVENTS PEOPLE FROM
SEEKING HELP.
>> WE HAVE THE COWBOY UP
MENTALITY.
YOU'RE GOING THROUGH SOMETHING
PERSONAL THAT'S A LITTLE BIT
MENTAL, COWBOY UP, YOU'RE GOING
TO BE FINE.
>> YOU HAVE TO PULL YOURSELF UP
BY YOUR BOOTSTRAPS EVERY SINGLE
TIME.
>> BECAUSE YOU NEED TO BE
RUGGED, BECAUSE YOU'RE A
MONTANAN.
>> THAT'S WHERE LET'S TALK COMES
IN.
>> IT'S AN APP WITH RESOURCES AT
THE FINGERTIPS, SO IF SOMEBODY
IS FACING THAT I DON'T WANT
ANYBODY TO KNOW, I'M NOT WANTING
TO ASK SOMEBODY JUST YET, IT HAS
ALL THE RESOURCES THERE.
>> NICOLE ZIMMERMAN IS THE
PROGRAM MANAGER FOR ALLIANCE FOR
YOUTH.
SHE, ALONG WITH HOLLY MOUK,
HELPED CREATE LET'S TALK.
>> WE'RE NOT JUST A REAL STATE,
WE'RE A FRONTIER STATE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND
THAT OUR SERVICES ARE VERY
SPREAD APART.
>> THE APP OFFERS ACCESS TO
HOTLINE NUMBERS, VIDEOS OF
OTHERS FACING SIMILAR ISSUES,
AND SAFE PLACES NEARBY WHERE
THOSE IN NEED CAN GO FOR HELP.
>> SO IT'S A CONNECTION SO THAT
PEOPLE THAT ARE FEELING THIS WAY
CAN KNOW THAT THEY'RE NOT ALONE.
>> AND IT HELPS OPEN THE DOOR
FOR CHANGE.
>> IN A WAY, WE'RE PULLING
OURSELVES UP BY OUR BOOT STRAPS
BUT IN A TOTALLY DIFFERENT WAY.
>> I'M THAT ROUGH AND TOUGH
MONTANAN CHARACTER BUT EVERYBODY
HAS PROBLEMS.
>> THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH
HAVING THESE PROBLEMS AND HAVING
THESE THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS.
THE ONLY THING WRONG IS NOT
GETTING HELP.
>> I'M JOINED BY RYLAND AND
CAITLIN WHO ARE SO STRONG AND
POISED AT 17 AND 18.
WHEN WE COME BACK, THEY WILL
SHARE THE
(baby laughs)
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