TODAY.
TODAY. A
TODAY. A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOKING FORWARD
TO WHAT YOU HAVE TO SHARE WITH
US.
US.
US. LET'S
US. LET'S GET RIGHT TO THE FIRST
TEXT.
TEXT.
TEXT. THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN
SUICIDES IN CORRELATION TO THE
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, ARE YOU
SEEING THAT AND
WHERE ARE PEOPLE WITH THIS?
>> YES, THAT IS UNFORTUNATELY
PART OF THE FALLOUT OF
CORONAVIRUS.
CORONAVIRUS. PEOPLE ARE FEELING HOPELESS,
HELPLESS.
HELPLESS.
HELPLESS. YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING LIKE
THE 9/11 WHEN PEOPLE WERE
JUMPING OUT OF THE TWIN TOWERS,
YOU KNOW, PARTLY
BECAUSE THEY WERE AFRAID THEY
WERE GOING TO DIE OR KNEW THEY
WERE GOING TO DIE OR PARTLY
BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT
THE WORLD WAS COMING TO AN END.
IT'S SORT OF THE SAME SITUATION
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. THERE SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS
THAT ARE TOUCHING PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW, WITH THE A LOT OF THE
MEDIA IS VERY SENSATIONALIZED,
AND SO WHEN PEOPLE HERE TIME
AND TIME AGAIN, THE MESSAGE,
YOU ARE GOING TO DIE, WE ARE
ALL GOING TO DIE, SOME PEOPLE
WANT TO TAKE THAT, THEIR OWN
DEATH
DEATH
DEATH INTO THEIR HANDS, IN OTHER
WORDS UNDER THEIR CONTROL, NOT
WAITING FOR IT ESPECIALLY WHEN
WE'VE SEEN SAD
STORIES OF PEOPLE WITH
CORONAVIRUS DYING ALONE BECAUSE
BEING QUARANTINED.
BEING QUARANTINED. >> FOR PEOPLE OUT THERE, LET'S
SAY YOU LOST YOUR JOB OR YOU'RE
ALSO ILL AT THE SAME TIME, WHAT
KIND OF SIGNS
SHOULD WE BE LOOKING FOR WITH
PEOPLE WHO DO YOU KNOW WHAT?
THEY'RE FEELING DOWN BUT WE
NEED TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THEM
TAKING THIS EVEN MORE SO.
>> YES, WELL AND I CALLED THIS
SUICIDE BY FEAR OR DESPERATION
RELATED TO CORONAVIRUS COULD
HAVE I HADCIDE.
PEOPLE NEED TO BE ON THE
LOOKOUT FOR FRIENDS AND
FAMILIARLY, THIS IS TOO MUCH.
I DON'T WANT TO BE HERE
ANYMORE.
ANYMORE.
ANYMORE. YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN
GET THROUGH THIS.
THINGS THAT MIGHT SEEM CASUAL,
BUT REALLY MIGHT REFLECT IS
UNDERLYING PLANS TO DO
THEMSELVES IN.
THEMSELVES IN. I GOT A FACEBOOK MESSAGE
YESTERDAY FROM A GENTLEMAN THAT
I DON'T KNOW AND HE JUST SAID
TO ME, HE GOES WHEN IS
A GOOD TIME TO GIVE UP HOPE?
I SAID, WE'RE GOING TO BE OKAY.
AND THEN HE RESPONDED WITH,
THAT MEANS A LOT TO ME.
AND I THOUGHT, THAT HE IS
REACHING OUT AND IT'S A REALLY
TOUGH TIME FOR PEOPLE,.
>> YES, THAT IS THE KEY
ESPECIALLY PEOPLE ALONE IN
ISOLATION.
ISOLATION. EVEN WHEN HAVE YOU A FAMILY, WE
NEED TO REACH OUT TO THOSE
OUTSIDE WARM THEIR HEARTS, KNOW
THAT SOMEBODY IS
CARING ABOUT THEM, IT MAKES YOU
FEEL BETTER.
FEEL BETTER. THERE IS ALSO IF YOU ARE HAVING
SUICIDAL THOUGHTS, THERE ARE
ALSO POSSIBILITY CALLING THEIR
OWN FAMILY DOCTOR, CALL A
THERAPIST IF YOU HAVE ONE
ALREADY, ASKING FAMILY DOCTOR
FOR A THERAPIST, CALLING A HOT
SUICIDE HOTLINE, CALLING OF
COURSE, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY
CALLING 911 IF IT'S --
>> MOST PEOPLE DO EXHIBIT SOME
SIGN AND YOU MENTIONED THEY MAY
BE SAYING SOMETHING VERBALLY,
SOMETIMES THEY
SOMETIMES THEY DON'T SHOW SIGNS AT ALL.
THE NEXT ONE COMING IN, THE
NEWS IS PRETTY SCARY, I KEEP
SEEING THE NUMBER OF DEATHS
POSTED DUE TO
CORONAVIRUS, HOW ARE WE NOT
SUPPOSED TO FREAK OUT?
>> YES, GOOD YES.
WELL, ONE DAY IS BY LIMITING
THE AMOUNT OF NEWS THAT YOU
TAKE IN, THINGS DON'T CHANGE
THAT MUCH FROM ONE HOUR
TO THE NEXT, THESE NUMBERS,
PLUS, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THE
WAY THE NUMBERS ARE PORTRAYED,
THEY ARE GLOBAL
NUMBERS, WHETHER IT'S THE RATE
OF DEATHS OR 0 THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED, OR
INFECTED OR WHATEVER.
AND THE NUMBERS FOR THE U.S.
ARE MUCH BETTER THAT WERE THAT,
PEOPLE HAVE TO KEEP THAT IN
MIND THAT REALLY WE
HAVE MUCH BETTER CARE.
PEOPLE IN CHINA OR PEOPLE IN
IRAN FOR EXAMPLE, SO WHATEVER
THE NUMBERS ARE, YOU KNOW, IT'S
REALLY NOT -- IT'S
REALLY MUCH BETTER FROM WHERE
WE ARE IN THE U.S.
>> ALL RIGHT.
DOCTOR, THANK YOU AND I THINK
YOU MAKE A GOOD POINT, COUNTER
PRODUCTIVE FOR MY BUSINESS, I
TELL PEOPLE YOU ARE WATCHING
TOO MUCH NEWS.
IT DOES GET REPETITIVE, PEOPLE
WATCH FOR 15 MINUTES, WE REPEAT
INFORMATION, IF YOU WATCH IT
FOR 3 OR 4 HOURS
IT'S NOT MENTALLY HEALTHY.
DOCTOR THANK YOU AGAIN, DR.
CAROL LIEBERMAN.
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