What to do when you have suicidal thoughts?

The reality is, is that you are in a high-risk industry for suicide. Face the facts. Get help. I've recently just posted an episode with regards to the topic of burnout, and I— and burnout and suicide are directly related. Okay? The first thing I would tell you is if you're having suicidal thoughts, please, for the love of God, get medical help. Get professional mental medical help. I will tell you myself, I have had significant periods of my life where the depression was off the charts. For a number of years, I did take Lexapro. I no longer take it. You know, I have learned how to manage that in other ways, which I'm not going to go into here. There is a lot of studies and a lot of different opportunities out there, but the reality for me is that In my journey and kind of my background and everything like that, the depression is real. Okay. And I used to think that I was weak if I was asking for help. And once I finally found a good therapist and counselor over a couple of years, was really able to help me quite a bit. And look, there's nothing wrong with doing it, quite frankly. In fact, I highly recommend it. I highly recommend it to my clients, quite frankly. You know, we always joked that my work, one-on-one work with my doctors, and I joke that I'm a part-time therapist only because I've spent just a ton of money on my own personal therapy. But it's a real deal, right? So one, get yourself some professional medical help. Do not, do not try to take this on by yourself. The second thing that we caution people against is do not try to self-medicate. Alcohol, drugs, All of these things medically actually only make things worse. I mean, you can, you know, I've heard people talk about, you know, do prayer, do meditation, and I think all of that stuff is great. I don't think there's any one solution to that, but I will tell you, I think what the most important solution is: talk about it. Talk about it. Find someone, find a safe place where you can talk about it. Your industry, this industry that we're in. I'm not a doctor, obviously, but this medical industry that we're in is all about being strong, bearing your emotions, telling everybody that's going to be fine, figuring it out, never making a mistake, being applauded for doing it right, right? And quite frankly, that's just not going to be effective. Okay, so get yourself some help.