即使我们每个人的生活从外面看来都很正常，深锁内心深处的可能是无尽的苦痛，这种苦痛可能带领有些人走向生命的尽头。JD 请求我们打破笼罩在自杀与自杀企图周围的沉默，为从死神手中逃出来，重获新生的人提供急需的资源。
来自TED英语演说
From all outward appearances, John had everything going for him. He had just signed the contract to sell his New York apartment at a six-figure profit, and he'd only owned it for five years. The school where he graduated from with his master's had just offered him a teaching appointment, which meant not only a salary, but benefits for the first time in ages. And yet, despite everything going really well for John, he was struggling, fighting addiction and a gripping depression.
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On the night of June 11th, 2003, he climbed up to the edge of the fence on the Manhattan Bridge and he leaped to the treacherous waters below. Remarkably -- no, miraculously -- he lived. The fall shattered his right arm, broke every rib that he had, punctured his lung, and he drifted in and out of consciousness as he drifted down the East River, under the Brooklyn Bridge and out into the pathway of the Staten Island Ferry, where passengers on the ferry heard his cries of pain, contacted the boat's captain who contacted the Coast Guard who fished him out of the East River and took him to Bellevue Hospital.
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And that's actually where our story begins. Because once John committed himself to putting his life back together -- first physically, then emotionally, and then spiritually -- he found that there were very few resources available to someone who has attempted to end their life in the way that he did.
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Research shows that 19 out of 20 people who attempt suicide will fail. But the people who fail are 37 times more likely to succeed the second time. This truly is an at-risk population with very few resources to support them. And what happens when people try to assemble themselves back into life, because of our taboos around suicide, we're not sure what to say, and so quite often we say nothing. And that furthers the isolation that people like John found themselves in.
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I know John's story very well because I'm John. And this is, today, the first time in any sort of public setting I've ever acknowledged the journey that I have been on. But after having lost a beloved teacher in 2006 and a good friend last year to suicide, and sitting last year at TEDActive, I knew that I needed to step out of my silence and past my taboos to talk about an idea worth spreading -- and that is that people who have made the difficult choice to come back to life need more resources and need our help.
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As the Trevor Project says, it gets better. It gets way better. And I'm choosing to come out of a totally different kind of closet today to encourage you, to urge you, that if you are someone who has contemplated or attempted suicide, or you know somebody who has, talk about it; get help. It's a conversation worth having and an idea worth spreading.Thank you.
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从所有的表象上 约翰是事事顺心的 他刚刚签下了售出 他纽约住宅而带来 6位数利润的合同 他只用了5年的时间就做到了 他硕士毕业的学校 刚刚提供给他一个教书的职位 这代表的，不仅仅是工资， 还有随之而来的各种福利。 然而，尽管对于约翰来说事事顺心 但是他却在挣扎 与毒瘾和严重的抑郁症在战斗
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2003年6月11日，夜 他跨过了 曼哈顿大桥边缘的围栏 跳进了下方危险的激流中 不可思议般的-- 不是，是奇迹般的 -- 他生还了。 坠落的力度粉碎了他的右臂 打断了他所有的肋骨 刺穿了他的肺部 当他的意识时有时无 他顺流漂到东河 直到布鲁克林大桥下 到了史泰登岛渡轮的入船口 渡轮上的乘客 听到了他痛苦的叫喊 报告了船长 船长报告了海岸巡逻队 巡逻队把他从东河打捞了起来 并安置到了贝尔维医院
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这事实上就是估计开始地方 因为一旦约翰决心把自己 拉回到原来的生活的时候 -- 起先生理上的，然后心理上的， 接着精神上的 -- 他发现只有极少的可用资源 来帮助那些像他一样曾经尝试 自杀的人
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研究显示 20个试图自杀的人中 有19个 会失败 但是失败的人 有37倍的可能性 第二次自杀成功 不可否认 这是一群高危人士 但却只有很少的资源去支撑他们 当他们试着 回到原有的生活的时候 因为我们的自杀所带来的禁忌 我们不确定应该说什么 很多时候我们选择沉默 未来像约翰这类人 就会发现他们被孤立了
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我十分了解约翰的故事 因为我就是约翰 今天 是我第一次 在公共场合 讲述我的经历 但是2006年失去了一位敬爱的师长 和去年自杀的好友之后 在目睹了去年TEDActive活动之后 我认识到我需要打破我的沉默 无视我的禁忌 讲述一个值得传播的想法 就是对于那些 作出困难选择的人来说 回到过去的生活 需要更多的资源以及我们的帮助
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正如特雷弗项目所提倡的：一切都会好起来的 会变得更好的 今天我选择述说 一个完全不同的人生 来鼓励大家，来力劝大家。果你们中有谁 正计划或者试图自杀 或者你知道有谁想的话 说出来，寻求援助 这是一个值得讨论的话题 也是一个值得传播的想法，谢谢。
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