# How to start a conversation about suicide

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED@Westpac
- Speaker: Jeremy Forbes
- Year: 2017
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health, Society and politics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/jeremy_forbes_how_to_start_a_conversation_about_suicide)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Is there someone in your life dealing with anxiety, depression or thoughts of suicide -- but is too ashamed to talk about it? Jeremy Forbes saw this happening around him, and now he's on a mission to teach people how to start a conversation about it. In this deeply personal talk, Forbes shares his approach to helping a group of traditionally silent men in his community open up about their struggles. "We can all be life preservers," he says.

## Lectures

1. [How to start a conversation about suicide](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/jeremy_forbes_how_to_start_a_conversation_about_suicide/1931756cc775), 13 min (TED's player)