Andy Neary reports three industry professionals died by suicide in the last year, noting that money and success can mask deep suffering. The conversation explores barriers to mental health care and why even people comfortable with therapy often avoid it.
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In the last 12 months, three people drew acquaintances, so I didn't know the individual. But three industry professionals took their own life. And again, it's that most people, you know, they deal with that shock because we would have never known. And it's because that person was suffering in silence. Everything up here may look great. The cars, the houses, the money, the agency. You have no idea what's going on under, under the, under their service.
There's just, there's so many barriers and that's coming from somebody point of all that say this is coming from somebody who grew up being comfortable talking about therapy and mental health, who understands insurance and health care, who still is struggling to get the access to, you know, providers and things that I might need across the board. So I feel like I'm an advocate for those people who don't have that same situation that I had growing up. I have a lot of fear around this process.