WYFF News 4 explores mental health challenges in South Carolina

LET IT OUT OR IT WILL CONSUME YOU A GROWING NUMBER OF AMERICANS STRUGGLING WITH MENTAL HEALTH. YOU’RE NOT CRAZY. YOU HAVE A CHEMICAL IMBALANCE AND RESOURCES AREN’T ALWAYS QUICKLY AVAILABLE. WHAT GOOD IS MENTAL HEALTH CARE IF THE PEOPLE THAT NEED IT MOST CAN’T ACCESS IT. WE EXAMINE THE EFFORTS TO RAISE AWARENESS LOVE HELP IS REALLY IMPORTANT. IT’S OKAY NOT TO BE OKAY THE STIGMA HELP. WE’RE GONNA START A MOVEMENT AND IF WE SAY ONE LIFE IT’S GONNA BE WORTH IT AND GET PEOPLE THE POTENTIALLY LIFE-SAVING HELP. THEY NEED. CAN YOU YOU FIND JOY AGAIN? YES. I’M JANE ROBALOW OUR MENTAL HEALTH AFFECTS EVERY ASPECT OF OUR PHYSICAL HEALTH AND OUR SOCIAL WELL-BEING AND YET ALL TOO OFTEN. WE DON’T GIVE IT ENOUGH ATTENTION MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES AREN’T LIMITED TO PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS LIKE BIPOLAR OR CLINICAL DEPRESSION. THEY CAN FOLLOW JOYFUL EVENTS LIKE THE BIRTH OF A BABY OR TRAUMATIC EVENTS AND ACCIDENTS IN THIS NEXT HOUR. WE INVITE YOU TO EXPLORE THE MANY OFFERINGS OF HOPE. TALKING ABOUT YOUR MENTAL HEALTH CAN BE TOUGH BUT DOCTORS SAY WE ALL NEED THOSE CONVERSATIONS I COULD WALK ON THE STREET AND EVERY PERSON I MEET COULD BENEFIT FROM THERAPY AND COUNSELING IT CAN EVEN BE LIFE-SAVING THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL, ILLNESS. NAMI SAYS ONE IN FIVE ADULTS IN THE US EXPERIENCES MENTAL ILLNESS EACH YEAR. JUST AS IT IS WITH YOUR PHYSICAL HEALTH IGNORING YOUR MENTAL HEALTH CAN POTENTIALLY COST YOU YOUR LIFE RIGHT NOW. ACCORDING TO NAMI SUICIDE IS THE 12TH LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE UNITED STATES AND IT’S THE THIRD LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH AND YOUNGER PEOPLE THOSE AGES 15 TO 24 AND 79% OF PEOPLE WHO DIE BY SUICIDE ARE MEN. AND THAT IS THE STORY OF BRYSON FURTADO A HANDSOME POPULAR 20 YEAR OLD COLLEGE STUDENT. THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNS. THERE WAS NO REAL CRY FOR HELP, BUT ON JANUARY 15TH 2022 BRYSON ENDED HIS OWN LIFE. BRYSON IS THE YOUNGER BROTHER OF OUR REPORTER PEYTON FURTADO AND ON THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF LEARNING OF BRYSON SUICIDE PEYTON AND HER PARENTS KIM AND BRIAN SAT DOWN WITH US TO TELL BRYSON’S STORY THEIR HOPE IS THAT BY SHARING THE HEARTBREAK LEFT IN THE WAKE OF SUICIDE THOSE IN DEPRESSION WILL FIND ENCOURAGEMENT TO SEEK HELP. IF YOU WERE WITH BRYCE AND YOU WERE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THE WORLD, AND I DON’T THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN DO THAT, BUT HE GENUINELY CARED ABOUT EVERY SINGLE PERSON HE WAS SPENDING TIME WITH HE WAS THE ONE THAT WAS IN THE CENTER OF EVERYTHING AND PROVIDED THE LAUGHTER AND THE JOY FOR EVERYBODY. HE WAS ALSO VERY ATHLETIC. HE COULD PICK UP A BALL AND DO JUST ABOUT ANYTHING WITH IT. BRYSON FURTADO SEEMED TO HAVE IT ALL A LOVING FAMILY A CHAMPIONSHIP BASEBALL PLAYER NEXT WE HAVE VOTED TO THE HOMECOMING COURT HONOR ROLL STUDENT. HE WAS THE LEADER WITH A PASSION FOR THE KIDS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND HIS WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL. IN FACT FOR HIS SENIOR PROJECT. HE PLANNED OUT A BASEBALL GAME PAIRING EACH OF THEM WITH A VARSITY A AND THAT GAME HAS BECOME AN ANNUAL TRADITION NOW CALLED BRYSON’S BUDDIES EVEN AFTER BEING GONE FOR A YEAR. HE’S CHANGED SO MANY PEOPLE AND I BROUGHT SO MUCH JOY IN PEOPLE’S LIVES, BUT BRYSON’S OWN JOY WAS PERHAPS DEPLETED ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 16TH 2022. POLICE CAME TO THE FURTADO’S DOOR WITH NEWS THAT WAS UNIMAGINABLE AND THEY ASKED IF WE WERE THE PARENTS OF BRYSON FURTADO AND WE SAID YES, THEY SAID THEY HAD SOME BAD NEWS FOR US. RIGHT TODAY’S SCENE IS CONTROLLED CHAOS. PEYTON WAS AT WORK REPORTING FOR HER TV STATION IN WILMINGTON. SHE GOT A CALL FROM HER MOM, WHICH WAS IT UNUSUAL, BUT HER MOTHER’S TONE WAS I COULDN’T MAKE OUT WHAT SHE WAS SAYING WHAT WAS GOING ON. I JUST HEARD COME HOME. YOU NEED TO COME HOME. AND AND THEY SAID HE PASSED AWAY AND THEN WE SAID WAS IT A CAR ACCIDENT HAD HE BEEN IN A CAR ACCIDENT AND I SAID KNOW THAT THERE WAS SUICIDE AND I JUST STARTED SCREAMING AND IT’S THE ABSOLUTE WORST MOMENT. YOUR ENTIRE LIVES THEY HEAR SOMEBODY TELL YOU THAT YOUR SON HAS PASSED AWAY NOBODY’S EVER. HEARD TO HEAR THOSE WORDS, BUT CERTAINLY IF THERE WAS NO FORESHADOWING OF WHAT WAS COMING. EVERYBODY WE TALKED TO HIS FRIENDS AND PEOPLE WERE CLOSEST TO IN, GREENVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA. SAID TO US, YOU KNOW, WE NEVER SAW THIS BRYSON WAS ALWAYS THE ONE THAT WOULD HELP US FEEL BETTER. YOU KNOW, WE JUST THINK IT WAS A PERFECT STORM FOR HIM AND A VERY IRRATIONAL PERMANENT REACTION NOT DECISION BUT REACTION. TO SOMETHING. THAT WAS VERY TEMPORARY. THE FRITTATOS WILL NEVER KNOW WHY BRYSON FELT THAT LIFE HAD BECOME TOO HARD. HI, BUT FOR PEYTON SEEKING THOSE ANSWERS WAS THE BEGINNING OF THEIR COPING WITH THE REALITY OF THEIR LOSS WE CAN GO THROUGH IF I CAN GO THROUGH HIS SEARCH HISTORY HIS PHONE JUST GET ANY KIND OF ANSWERS I CAN GET FEEL BETTER. DID YOU? WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT, BUT I THINK IN THE END. IT WAS SOMETHING THAT NEEDED TO HAPPEN BECAUSE WE COULDN’T. WE NEEDED TO JUST GET THROUGH THAT MOMENT SO WE COULD START LIFE AGAIN PEYTON DISCOVERED THAT A GIRL BRYSON HAD BEEN SEEING FOR SEVERAL MONTHS WASN’T BEING HONEST IN THEIR RELATIONSHIP. HE HAD JUST SEEN HER AT A PARTY AND WAS VERY HURT BY HER ACTIONS. HE WENT TO HIS ROOM RESISTING HIS FRIENDS, PLEASE THAT HE NOT BE ALONE. THE REASON HE DID IT WAS BASED ON A LIE. IT WAS IT BASED ON HIM THINKING HE WASN’T GOOD ENOUGH POTENTIALLY FOR THIS GIRL. MAYBE THAT SNOWBALLED INTO THINKING HE WASN’T GOOD ENOUGH PERIOD HE FELT DOWN ABOUT HIMSELF. HE WAS NOT A PERSON THAT WAS A HEAVY DRINKER AND HE HAD DRANK ALL DAY LONG THAT DAY BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT HE WAS FEELING AND AND THAT ALCOHOL IS A DEPRESSANT AND THESE COLLEGE STUDENTS NEED TO REMEMBER THAT AS WELL. HE HAD A PHENOMENAL SUPPORT SYSTEM. IF HE HAD NEVER GOTTEN BY HIMSELF, THE DEVIL WOULD NOT HAVE HAD A FOOT HOLE. HE WAS BELIEVING THE LIES. HE WAS BELIEVING THE LIES HAD HE NOT GOTTEN BY HIMSELF AND BEEN WITH PEOPLE WHO LOVED HIM INSTEAD. HE LISTENED TO JESUS ALL THESE THINGS NEVER WOULD HAVE HAPPENED. THE FRITTATA’S CHRISTIAN BELIEFS RUN DEEP IN THE YEAR SINCE BRYSON’S DEATH THEIR FRIENDS AND THEIR LARGE FAITH COMMUNITY HAVE HELD THEM UP, OF COURSE OUR FAITH. AND BELIEF AND IN JESUS CHRIST, AND AND THEN THE OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE THROUGH OUR STORY A BIG PART OF THAT STORY IS ENCOURAGING OTHERS AND GRIEF TO SEEK PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING. I DON’T THINK I WOULD BE HERE WITHOUT THERAPY AT THIS POINT FOR SURE FOR SURE AND THAT I THINK THAT’S IMPORTANT TO TO HAVE A GREAT SUPPORT SYSTEM TO HAVE OUR FAITH TO GO THROUGH COUNSELING COUNSELING IS SO IMPORTANT AND WAS SO HELPFUL TO ME. IT’S IT’S NEVER BEEN FOR YOUNG PEOPLE RIGHT NOW AND THAT’S WHY IT’S SO IMPORTANT BE OUT THERE. BRINGING MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS TO THE FOREFRONT I HAD ON CHRONICLE. WE’LL SHOW YOU HOW THE FURTADO FAMILY IS DOING. JUST THAT HELPING OTHERS LEFT TO COPE AFTER THE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE. THERE ARE THREE NUMBERS THAT YOU CAN USE TO PREVENT SUICIDE IN JULY OF 2022. 988 LAUNCHED ACROSS THE NATION. THIS IS THE NEW NUMBER FOR THE SUICIDE IN CRISIS LIFELINE GABRIELLE COMOROWSKI EXPLORES WHY THIS IS DESPERATELY NEEDED. WOULD HELP YOU TODAY. IN A ROOM IN GREENVILLE SO YOU WANT TO FEEL PEOPLE WEARING HEADSETS SPEAK SOFTLY ON THE PHONE AND HAVEN’T THOUGHT ABOUT HURTING OR KILLING YOURSELF ABOVE THEM THE WORDS. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING ARE ON THE WALL INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING ANY SORT OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS EVEN SUICIDAL THOUGHTS CAN CALL IN AND RECEIVE A COMPASSIONATE INDIVIDUAL WHO’S WILLING TO LISTEN. THIS IS SOUTH CAROLINA’S ONLY 988 CALL CENTER. WE’RE SURFING THE WHOLE STATE JENNIFER PIVER IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF GREENVILLE COUNTY THE GROUP TRAINS THESE CRISIS INTERVENTION SPECIALISTS TO ASK QUESTIONS. THEY HELP DETERMINE IF EMERGENCY SERVICES ARE NEEDED GIVE INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO FOR HELP. THEY OFFER FOLLOW-UP PHONE CALLS AND SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE CONCERNED ABOUT A LOVED ONE. THEY STAY ON THE LINE FOR AS LONG AS THEY NEED TO WE DON’T HAVE A TIME LIMIT. DATA SHOWS SINCE THE TRANSITION TO 988 MORE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CALLING AND TEXTING AND CHATTING THROUGH THE 988 WEBSITE WITH OFFICIALS REPORTING NATIONWIDE THAT 172,000 MORE CONTACTS WERE ANSWERED IN DECEMBER OF 2022 COMPARED TO DECEMBER OF 2021 PIVER SAYS THESE CALLS TEXTS AND CHATS ARE A SIGN OF HOPE. IS IT ALWAYS EASY TO HEAR THE HEARTBREAK OF SOMEONE? NO, BUT IT’S ONLY IN HEARING IT THAT WE KNOW THAT THEY CAN GET TO THE OTHER SIDE, BUT THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH WORKERS ON THIS DAY ONLY FOUR OF THE 28 DESKS IN THE CALL CENTER ARE BEING USED WITH THE RESOURCES WE HAVE TODAY. NO, WE CANNOT MEET THE DEMAND TODAY AND THE DEMAND IS GROWING ACCORDING TO A REPORT BY THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL, ILLNESS OR NAMI ONE IN FIVE ADULTS IN THE UNITED STATES REPORTED THAT THE PANDEMIC HAD A SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THEIR MENTAL HEALTH THAT SAME PORT SAYS 17.7 MILLION PEOPLE EXPERIENCED DELAYS OR CANCELLATIONS IN APPOINTMENTS FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IF I NEED A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL IT’S NOT AS EASY FOR ME TO FIND ONE AS IT WOULD BE TO FIND A HEART DOCTOR FOR INSTANCE KEN DOHERTY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. OF ENOUGH MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND HE SAYS PEOPLE WHO ARE RECEIVING CARE ARE OFTEN SEEN EVERY WEEK FOR MONTHS OR EVEN YEARS MEANING PROFESSIONALS MAY JUST NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY TO SEE MORE PEOPLE. THEY WERE VERY BRAVE TO SHOW UP FIRST. IT’S VERY COURAGEOUS TO SAY I NEED HELP AND NOW NOT TO BE ABLE TO FIND HELP. THAT IS NOT A FEELING OF HOPE THAT IS A FEELING OF DESPAIR AND THAT’S A BIG BIG ISSUE RIGHT NOW WITH MENTAL HEALTH CARE IS THAT IT’S EXPENSIVE NOT ALL INSURANCE IS COVER IT. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON’T HAVE INSURANCE AND SO A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE PROBABLY LOOKING TO SOCIAL MEDIA TO TRY TO FIND WHAT THEY NEED FROM HER HOME IN GEORGIA FAITH BRUCE OUR CADE CREATES COLORFUL HANDWRITTEN NOTES DEAR SWEET FRIEND. YOU ARE A BEAUTIFUL PERSON. SHE SHARES THEM WITH THE MORE THAN 308,000 PEOPLE WHO FOLLOW HER ACCOUNT FLEUR-DELETE SPEAKS ON INSTAGRAM ONE OF HER MOST POPULAR NOTES HANGS ON HER WALL. SHE SAYS I FOUND MY HERO SHE’S BEEN INSIDE OF ME THE ENTIRE TIME AND I’M SO PROUD OF WHO SHE HAS BECOME THIS IS YOU SAYING YOU ARE ENOUGH YOU ARE ENOUGH. EXACTLY AS YOU ARE THE MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR CALLS HER ACCOUNT A POSITIVE CORNER OF SOCIAL MEDIA. SHE CREATED IT TO HELP HERSELF AS SHE RECOVERED FROM A TRAUMATIC INJURY AND AS SHE BEGAN TO SHARE HER NOTES FOLLOWERS SHARED THAT SHE WAS HELPING THEM EVERY DAY HUNDREDS OF DMS OF THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED TO HEAR TODAY OR HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH THAT HELPED ME. SHE ALSO SEES CLIENTS REGULARLY AND SAYS SHE OFFERS A SLIDING SCALE ALLOWING PEOPLE TO PAY WHAT THEY CAN I DON’T WANT. AFFORDABILITY TO BE A REASON WHY YOU DON’T GET THE HELP THAT YOU NEED AND SHE HOPES FLEUR-DELES SPEAKS CONTINUES TO HELP PEOPLE. I WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO PULL UP MY PAGE AND FEEL LIKE SHE GETS IT. I’M NOT ALONE. SOMEONE UNDERSTANDS WHAT I’M GOING THROUGH. I NEED EIGHT LIFELINE. NATIONAL DATA SHOWS THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO USE NOT HAVE THEIR CALLS TEXTS OR CHATS ANSWERED IN UNDER A MINUTE. IF NO ONE IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER IN SOUTH CAROLINA. THE PERSON IS ROUTED TO A NATIONAL BACKUP CENTER, BUT JENNIFER PIVER SAYS THAT CHRIST IS INTERVENTION SPECIALIST MIGHT NOT HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE LOCAL HELP THAT’S AVAILABLE. SHE SAYS MORE STATE FUNDING IS NEEDED. WE 100% OF THESE. JOB, AND THE EMPTY SEATS ARE REMINDED THAT THAT WE’RE NOT THERE YET. HIRE MORE PEOPLE TO LISTEN MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF GREENVILLE COUNTY IS ASKING, SOUTH CAROLINA LAWMAKERS FOR 3.9 MILLION DOLLARS IN THE BUDGET BILL. THAT WAY THEY CAN FUND THE 988 CALL CENTER OPERATIONS. SO THE GROWING NUMBER OF CALLS ARE ANSWERED IN STATE AS OF APRIL 2023. THERE IS NO OFFICIAL LEGISLATION TO FUND THE CALL CENTER. AMONG CHRONICLE FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT TO PRISON STAFF LICENSE SIT HERE, AND I’M GOING TO LISTEN TO YOU AND I WANT TO TRY TO HELP YOU GET THROUGH. WHATEVER YOU’RE YOU’RE GOING THROUGH TRAINING PROGRAMS IN PLACE NOW TO HELP OFFICERS BETTER HELP PEOPLE STRUGGLING WITH THEIR MENTAL HEALTH. THAT’S NEXT ON CHRONICLE, YOU KNOW THE NAME YOU’VE HEARD THE SONG BUT UNTIL YOU SEE IT LIVE YOU HAVEN’T EXPERIENCED THE MAGIC OF CATS AT THE BEACH CENTER APRIL 4 THROUGH 9TH TICKETS ON SALE AT PEACE CENTER.ORG. HEY, LET’S MMM STOCKPILING LUCKY NUMBERS GET MORE PICK 3 AND PICK FOUR WINS. YOU SHOULD JUST PLAY FIREBALL. WE ADDED TO PICK 3 A PICK 4 YOU GET AN EXTRA JOHN NUMBER FOR MORE COMBINATIONS MATCH AND WIN. OH. SERVANT SIZE ONE COOKIE. OH, NO ONE’S A TYPO. MAKE YOUR OWN -- WITH FIREBALL THE HOT NEW ADD-ON WITH MORE COMBINATIONS TO MATCH AND WIN. DO YOU FEEL UNEASY IRRITABLE DISRESPECTRUM BILL MAKE YOU ANXIOUS YOU MAY BE SUFFERING FROM UPH UNEXPECTED PRICE HIKES. IT HAPPENED TO ME NOW. I SWITCH TO T-MOBILE AND GOT 5G HOME INTERNET FOR JUST 50 BUCKS A MONTH. NOW. I’M SLEEPING PARAMUS SKIN IS GLOWING. MY HAIR IS NEVER BEEN SO SHINY. MOST IMPORTANTLY T-MOBILE HAS PRESSED HOT GUARANTEE. THEY WILL NEVER RAISE YOUR INTERNET RATE EVER. T-MOBILE HOME INTERNET THEY WORK FOR ME AND JUST LOOK AT THAT SHINE. WAIT, WHAT IS THE INTERNET GOT TO DO WITH MY HAIR? LONG JOHN SILVER’S I WAS S DOLLARS SHRIMP BASKETS WILL SAVE YOU FROM THE SEA OF SANDWICH STAINLESS, WHETHER THEY’RE FRIED TO GOLDEN PERFECTION OR SIZZLING ON A GRILL OUR SIX DOLLAR TRIP BASKETS. WILL HAVE YOU HOOKED ORDER ONLINE AT LONG JOHN SILVERS.COM WITH MORE PEOPLE STRUGGLING WITH MENTAL ILLNESS AND YET LIMITED ACCESS TO CARE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY REACH A BREAKING POINT STEPHANIE TROTTER INTRODUCES US TO THOSE ON THE FRONT LINE CONFRONTING THE GROWING MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS FACE TO FACE LAW ENFORCEMENT. COUNTY. ARE YOU OKAY? OKAY. JUST CHECKING ON YOU CALLS FOR HELP OR ROLLING IN. SOUTH MAIN STREET, EXTENSION AND SIMPSON DRIVE DEPUTY JUSTIN BROOKS BEGINS HIS 12-HOUR SHIFT IF THIS PATROL ROLLS LIKE MOST HE ESTIMATES EVERY FIFTH STOP WILL INVOLVE SOMEONE EXPERIENCING A MENTAL BREAKDOWN. MAYBE NOT A FULL-ON CRISIS, BUT SOME TYPE OF MENTAL HEALTH CONDITION THAT IS CAUSING THE THE ISSUE THAT WE WERE CALLED FOR WHETHER IT BE A CIVIL DISPUTE OR YOU KNOW, IT COMES IN AS A DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUDDY. SOME SUCH CALLS ARE WITH REGULARS LIKE COOKIE. I’M JUST COMING OUT. I’LL TAKE ALL DEMAND THE OFFICER ADJUST ON THE FLY. ALL RIGHT, HAVE A GIRL AND I LOOK FOR EVERYTHING BALANCING A BATCH WITH ROADSIDE PSYCHIATRY. EVERY TIME YOU CONTACT SOMEBODY YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT THEY GOT GOING ON ACROSS TWO YEARS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT THE DEPUTY BELIEVES. HE’S MADE 1,000 CALLS INVOLVING SOMEONE STRUGGLING WITH MENTAL ILLNESS TO ME. IT FEELS LIKE IT’S BECOMING MORE PROMINENT AND IT MAKES THE JOB HARD IN MULTIPLE ASPECTS JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER REALM OF LA ENFORCEMENTS. PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS TO RESPOND ANDERSON COUNTY DEPUTIES TRAIN WITH A SIMULATOR. WE’RE JUST HERE TO CHECK ON YOU MAKE SURE EVERYTHING’S OKAY. WE RUN HUNDREDS OF STREETS IN AREAS THAT INCLUDE PEOPLE EXHIBITING IRRATIONAL BEHAVIOR. I THINK TRAINING HAS IMPROVED. I THINK WE’VE LEARNED SO MUCH OVER THE LAST DECADE MAYBE 15 YEARS ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. AND AND OF COURSE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING THE SHERIFF BLAMES THE STUDY SURGE OF MENTAL HEALTH CALLS ON THE INCREASE OF EASY TO GET STREET DRUGS. YOU PUT YOUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS OUT THERE IN THAT MIX TRYING TO INTERVENE ON BEHALF OF THAT PERSON AND AND WE GET HURT AND SOMETIMES WE GET KILLED OVER IT. IT DOESN’T MATTER WHERE THEY WORK ALL 12,000 PLUS OF A RUSTING OFFICERS IN SOUTH CAROLINA ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE TRAINING HERE AT THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACADEMY THAT TRAINING INCLUDES MENTAL HEALTH COMPONENTS AFTER THAT EVERY THREE YEARS. THEY’RE REQUIRED TO HAVE MORE TRAINING AND MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION DISORD. TO MAINTAIN THEIR RECERTIFICATION WITH THE GUN GREENVILLE POLICE WERE STILL ONE YEAR OUT FROM IMPLEMENTING CRISIS RESPONSE TRAINING WHEN BRUCE WINS ROCKED INTO A GREENVILLE BANK IN 2009. HE WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE THERE’S A TERM CALLED SUICIDE BY COP AND I’D NEVER HEARD THAT TERM UNTIL AFTER I WAS ARRESTED UNKNOWN TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS THE WELL-LIKE SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER AND SOCCER COACH HAD TRIED TO KILL HIMSELF SEVERAL. TIMES I’M THINKING THIS IS CRAZY. YOU KNOW, THIS IS THIS IS NOT ME LIFE STRUGGLES HAD SENT BRUCE’S MINDS SPIRALING DOWN INTO AN ABYSS. HE HIT ROCK BOTTOM WHEN THE CAR HEATER BROKE AND ON FEBRUARY 26TH. HE HOPED GREENVILLE POLICE COULD SUCCEED WHERE HE HAD FAILED. NOTHING MATTERED. NO, OKAY IF I’M SHOT GOOD, YOU KNOW, IF I IF I GET OUT OF THE BANK WITH A BAG FULL OF MONEY THAT’S GOOD, YOU KNOW, AND SO IT IT JUST IT WAS JUST A POINT WHERE IT WAS ALMOST INCONSEQUENTIAL WHATEVER MIGHT HAPPEN AS IT HAPPENED THE CLOSEST SWAT TEAM OFFICER WHO HAD BRUCE AND HIS SCOPE ACROSS THE ENTIRE 90 MINUTES STANDOFF NEVER PULLED THE TRIGGER TELLING WYFF NEWS 4. HE SENT SOMETHING MORE THAN A MONEYGRAM WAS A MESS. I’M SORRY BRUCE SURRENDERED AND PLED GUILTY TO ROBBERY AND KIDNAPPING IN CUSTODY. HE RECEIVED A FIRST EVER MENTAL HEALTH DIAGNOSIS BIPOLAR TOO DISORDER IT CREATED CLARITY AND QUESTIONS FOR HIS WIFE BIPOLARS ONE OF THOSE ILLNESSES THAT IT’S KIND OF DIAGNOSED BASED ON HINDSIGHT YOU LOOK BACK. THAT’S BACK ON THE HISTORY AND YOU START PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER AND THEN YOU THINK WHY DIDN’T I SEE THIS INMATE NUMBER TWO TO THREE? OH FOUR SIX WAS ABOUT TO SEE HOW DIFFICULT IT CAN BE TO GET TREATMENT BEHIND BARS. SO WHAT KIND OF HELP DO INMATES RECEIVE ONCE IN CUSTODY OUR PRISONS EQUIPPED TO PROVIDE HEALING AND BREAK THE CYCLE STEPHANIE TROTTER TAKES US INSIDE ONE OF SOUTH CAROLINA’S MAXIMUM SECURITY FACILITIES BROAD RIVER. GIVEN DAY ARE IN CUSTODY AT SOUTH CAROLINA PRISONS ONE OUT OF THREE IS RECEIVING TREATMENT FOR A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE. WE ARE A LARGE PROVIDER OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE STATE. I MEAN A LOT OF THESE FOLKS THAT HAVE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES END UP IN PRISON DIRECTOR, BRIAN STERLING TOOK CONTROL OF PALMETTO PRISONS RIGHT AFTER A WATERSHED LAWSUIT REVEALED INHUMANE TREATMENT OF MENTALLY ILL INMATES SOME EVEN DYING DUE TO LACK OF CARE. SO I SAY ABOUT FIXING THAT AND YOU KNOW THAT THAT DOESN’T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT THAT HAPPENS WITH RESOURCES AND DEDICATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT WITH BUYING FROM LAWMAKERS MORE THAN 13 MILLION DOLLARS HAVE BEEN SPENT OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS TO BRING CHANGE TO ALL 21 STATE FACILITIES INCLUDING BROAD RIVER. THIS BUILDING WAS RETRO-FITTED IN 2016 TO BECOME THE CRISIS STABILIZATION UNIT FOR ALL SOUTH CAROLINA PRISONS SPECIAL DETAIL WAS GIVEN TO EVERYTHING FROM THE PAINT COLOR TO THE SIZE OF THE WINDOWS AND THEN SPECIALLY TRAINED PERSONNEL. WE’RE PUT IN PLACE. HEY MR. GEORGE, HOW ARE YOU? LEAH JACKSON ROUNDS AT THE MAXIMUM SECURITY FACILITY. SHE’S MORE THAN A CORRECTION OFFICER. YEAH. ALRIGHTY. SHE’S A COLLEGE EDUCATED MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER ALSTOP IN TOLEDO AND FIGURE OUT WHAT’S GOING ON. JUST SELLING. HEY, I’VE YOU’VE BEEN PACING OR I’VE NOTICED YOU’VE BEEN DOING THIS. THIS ISN’T LIKE YOU. WHAT’S WHAT’S GOING ON? I’M CONCERNED 82 MENTAL HEALTH OFFICERS NOW WALK SOUTH CAROLINA CELL BLOCKS. THEY KNOW I’M ACTUALLY LIKE IT’S MY JOB. I’M GOING TO SIT HERE AND I’M GOING TO LISTEN TO YOU AND I WANT TO TRY TO HELP YOU GET THROUGH. WHATEVER YOU’RE YOU’RE GOING LIKE I ACTUALLY CAN GIVE THEM THAT 101 INTERACTION THAT THEY CAN’T REALLY GET FROM SECURITY THE NUMBER OF PSYCHIATRISTS ACROSS FACILITIES HAS JUMPED FROM TWO TO 16 ALONG WITH THE ADDITION OF 141 PSYCHOLOGISTS COUNSELORS PSYCHIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONERS AND ACTIVITY THERAPISTS RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF HUMAN CONNECTIONS TO MENTAL WELLNESS SOME DAILY OPERATIONS HAVE CHANGED AS WELL. THE USE OF SOLITARY CONFINE HAS DROPPED 66 PERCENT A NEW PROGRAMS PAIR THOSE IN CRISIS AND ON SUICIDE WATCH WITH TRAINED INMATE COMPANIONS. I REALLY LIKE NICKNAME THAT THAT SOMEONE CAME UP WITH THEY SAID WE’RE HOPE DEALERS. THEY ALSO DISPENSE THAT HOPE IS PEER SUPPORT COUNSELORS. WE CHOOSE TO SUPPLY THOSE SUFFERING WITH ADDICTION OR MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES WITH REASONS TO BELIEVE THAT A BETTER LIFE IS POSSIBLE THROUGH ONE BAD IDEA CONVICTED FELON, BRUCE WINDSOR SPENT MORE THAN 12 YEARS OF HIS LIFE IN FEDERAL AND STATE PRISONS LEARNING ABOUT HIS NEWLY DIAGNOSED BY POLAR TO DISORDER. AND SO YEAH, I DID FEEL GOOD TO HAVE A ROSES, HOW COULD I END UP IN SUCH A HOLLOW PLACE? YOU KNOW SO THE DIAGNOSIS, YOU KNOW DID HELP AND THEN OF COURSE AFTER THAT IT’S LIKE WELL, HOW CAN I NOT GO BACK TO HOLLOW PLACE HOME NOW FOR MORE THAN A YEAR. HE GENERALIZES SAME CARE IS BETTER OUTSIDE THAN IN AND BETTER AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL THAN STATE AT BOTH. HE PARTICIPATED IN GROUP PROGRAMS AND INFREQUENT SESSIONS WITH MENTAL HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS IN PERSON AND ONLINE HIS GREATEST CONCERN EVERY SINGLE DAY WAS GETTING HIS MEDS THE PILL LINE FREQUENTLY RAN DRIVE. HIS PRESCRIPTION TWICE ATTORNEYS HAD TO GET INVOLVED TO PLACE COURT ORDERED MEDICINE IN HIS HANDS I GO EVERY NIGHT, YOU KNOW AND MEDICATION THERE NO MEDICATION. NO, NO, AND THIS GOES ON FOR A WEEK OR SO OR TWO WEEKS AT ONE POINT AT ONE POINT. IT ACTUALLY WENT OVER 30 DAYS ADMINISTRATORS ADMIT MEDICATION DISTRIBUTION NEEDS IMPROVEMENT. THEY KNOW HIS DOORS OPEN AND INMATES WALK FREE THEIR MENTAL ILLNESS GOES THEM 85% GET OUT AND UNDER FIVE YEARS NINETY PERCENT GET OUT AND UNDER 10. SO THESE FOLKS ARE COMING BACK OUT AND THEY’RE GOING TO BE A BACKUP SOCIETY. WE NEED A DIFFERENT MISSION. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY’RE BETTER WHEN THEY GET OUT A FAR-REACHING MISSION PRODUCING SAFETY FOR PRISONER AND PUBLIC INSIDE. AND OUT ADMINISTRATORS IMPROVEMENTS ON IDENTIFYING AND TREATING MENTAL ILLNESS AND PRISON HAVE A MAJOR INFLUENCE ON SOUTH CAROLINA’S DROPPING RECIDIVISM RATE CURRENTLY. IT IS THE LOWEST IN THE AT 19 PERCENT AHEAD ON CHRONICLE. I I HAD 200 MY CLOSEST FRIENDS DIDN’T EVEN KNOW. I WAS HOMELESS THE OPTIONS AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE WHO FIND THEMSELVES EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND THE GROUPS WORKING TO GIVE THEM A HAND UP NOT A HANDOUT. WOW, THI YOURSELF. I SEE NEW WINNERS EVER DO IT ON THE COFFEE ALL THE TIME AND WITH THESE NEW SCRATCH-OFFS OUT RIGHT NOW. WELL, YOU’LL SEE GALS. MY NAME IS STEPH. I’M THE NEW WINNER HERE. WHAT ARE YOUR NAMES? HAVE YOU HAD THE COFFEE? I NEVER HAD THIS FESTIVAL BEFORE BUT IT IS NOT THAT RIGHT AND HOW ABOUT THESE JACKETS? I’M REALLY LOVING THE GOLD AND HE WAS SO NICE MEETING YOU BUT I HAVE TO GO GET A MASSAGE BECAUSE I THINK I NEED TO RELAX. TOLD YOU NEW SCRATCH-OFFS MEET NEW WINNERS THIS MONTH’S TICKETS PACKED 60 60 MILLION DOLLARS IN TOTAL PRIZES. AS A MANAGER, I’M HERE EVERY DAY OPENING UP. HEY, HELLO WOULD BE SURPRISED HOW MANY PEOPLE STRUGGLE WITH FOOD INSECURITY? I’M GLAD I WORK AT A PLACE THAT’S HELPING AND HUNGER AND GET PEOPLE BACK ON THEIR FEET. THANKS TO FOOD LION SUPPORT. OUR NEIGHBORS ARE LEARNING JOBS SKILLS IN OUR NEW CULINARY TRAINING PROGRAM THAT A ONE DAY OPEN UP ALL KINDS OF DOORS FOR THEM. HERE TO FILL TABLES AND HEARTS WITH HOPE FOOD LION FEEDS HERE FOR EVERY MOMENT. WELLS FARGO LETS YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU STAND WITH YOUR FICO CREDIT SCORE. WHAT IF YOU KNEW WHERE YOU STOOD WITH EVERYTHING LIKE YOUR FUTURE IN LOVE? HOPE YOU LIKE CATS? I HOPE YOUR PARENTS LIKE ME. COMES TO YOUR CREDIT SCORE. YOU CAN WITH WELLS FARGO. IT COULD BE ANY CITY SIMPLY DRIVING IN DOWNTOWN. YOU’LL LIKELY SEE ANOTHER PART OF LIFE WHERE MENTAL ILLNESS CAN PLAY A HUGE ROLE HOMELESSNESS IS A GROWING PROBLEM AS NIGEL ROBERTSON SHOWS US THE SOLUTION IS MUCH HARDER THAN IT WOULD SEEM AND BACKWARDS SOUTHWESTERN LANDSCAPE FOR RUSSELL REED. THIS IS HOW HE HEALS I USED TO MAKE GOOD MONEY WORKING FOR A LOCAL HOSPITAL. AND I GOT SICK. HE LOST HIS JOB SEVENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR. 70,000 A YEAR. YEP WITHIN TWO YEARS. IT WAS ALL GONE. HE LOST HIS HOUSE WITHIN TWO AND A HALF YEARS. I WAS LIVING IN MY CAR FOR YEARS RUSSELL. REED WAS HOMELESS. YOU KNOW YOU AFTER WHILE YOU START TELLING YOURSELF THAT YOU’RE ONLY CAMPING. HE WAS ONE OF THE GROWING NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN OUR AREA ON THE STREETS LIVING UNDER. EDGE TRYING TO SIMPLY SURVIVE. I DIDN’T KNOW HOW TO BE HOMELESS. I HUNG AROUND HOMELESS PEOPLE LEARN HOW TO BE HOME WITH. AND INSTEAD OF REACHING OUT TO THE PEOPLE WHO COULD HAVE HELPED ME. AND EVEN WHEN I DID WHEN I FINALLY DID THEY DIDN’T HAVE ANSWERS. ANSWERS FOR HIM CAME FROM HERE. MY NAME IS RACHEL MASON. I’M A SOCIAL WORKER AT TRIUNE MERCY CENTER. ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I WANTED TO KNOW WAS WITH SO MANY AGENCIES TRYING TO HELP WHY SOMEONE WOULD CHOOSE TO LIVE THIS WAY AND A LOT OF OUR PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS HAVE HAD A COMPLEXITY OF TRAUMA IN THEIR LIFE AND THAT THAT IMPACTS OUR BRAIN ANYONE WHO HAS TRAUMA THAT’S GONNA IMPACT YOUR BRAIN AND YOUR BODY AND THAT MIGHT MANIFEST AS MENTAL ILLNESS OR ADDICTION OR A LACK OF SUPPORT SYSTEM. I ASKED IF THE NUMBER OF HOMELESS ON THE STREETS OF GREENVILLE FOR EXAMPLE IS GROWING WE’RE NOTICING THE SAME THING. WE’RE NOTICING MORE PEOPLE COMING THROUGH OUR DOORS, AND WE’RE ALSO NOTICING MORE NEW PEOPLE ANOTHER PROBLEM THE LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING A LOT OF THE PEOPLE I WORK WITH ONLY GET EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS A MONTH AFFORDABLE WOULD BE 30% OF WHATEVER INCOME YOU’RE BRINGING IN. SO WE NEED $500 AND LESS A MONTH. BE AFFORDABLE FOR OUR PEOPLE. SHE SAYS EVEN GETTING A JOB CAN BE A HUGE CHALLENGE DRIVER’S LICENSE STATE ID SOCIAL SECURITY CARD BIRTH CERTIFICATE. A LOT OF OUR FOLKS DON’T HAVE THOSE THINGS GIVING MONEY. SHE SAYS ALSO DOESN’T HELP GIVING SOMEONE MONEY IN THAT MOMENT ISN’T GOING TO CHANGE THEIR CIRCUMSTANCE. SO WE WANT TO POINT THEM TO THE THINGS THAT WILL HELP THEM CHANGE THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES IF THEY WANT TO RUSSELL WANTED TO BUT THE HE SAYS HAVE A WAY OF NOT LETTING GO YOU DON’T YOU DON’T REST WHEN YOU’RE WHEN YOU’RE ON THE STREET. YOU STAY IN A IN A HEIGHTENED STATE. THEY ALSO KEPT PULLING HIM BACK. I HAD MANY YEARS OF RECOVERY. FROM DRINKING, BUT IT TOOK ME TO THE STREET DRUGS AND NOW AT THE MENTAL HEALTH IS STARTING TO KICK IN AND I’M USING THE STREET DRUGS INSTEAD OF THE MENTAL HEALTH DRUG NOW HE SAYS AND IT’S ACROSS WITH THE CROWN. HE’S GETTING BETTER A LITTLE BIT. A LITTLE BIT I CAN SEE SOME HOPE ON THE HORIZON GREEN. HE’S ALSO USING PENCILS EVENTUALLY. IT’LL ALL GET BLENDED IN. PAINT AND A BRUSH TO FOCUSED AND CALM IT HELPS ME BREATHE. CLEARING HIS MIND OF THE CREATING SOMETHING MORE. JUST PUTTING ONE STROKE TOGETHER AT A TIME. AND LIKE IN LIFE JUST TAKING IT ONE DAY AT A TIME. RUSSELL SAYS AS HE’S MOVING INTO THIS NEW PHASE OF HIS LIFE. HE’S TRYING TO SURROUND HIMSELF WITH POSITIVITY NEXT ON CHRONICLE. YOU HAVE TO TREAT PEOPLE HOW YOU WANT TO BE TREATED HOW UPSTATE SCHOOLS ARE SUPPORTING STUDENTS AS THEY NAVIGATE THEIR MENTAL HEALTH ALSO NEW METHODS TO HELP MOTHERS OVERCOME POST-PARTUM DEPRESSION LIKE A VEIL OF LIFTED OFF MY EYES. SHE GOT ANOTHER WI-FI DEVICE. OUR NETWORK CAN’T HANDLE THAT WHAT IT CAN’T THE ROUTER’S GONNA BLOW AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE. NOT ALL WI-FI WI-FI WHAT’S GOING ON IN THERE SPECTRUM ADVANCE WI-FI CAN HANDLE UP TO 200 DEVICES. GOODBYE. SWEET WORLD GET WI-FI. YOU CAN RELY ON GET SPECTRUM ONE. I DID SOMETHING THEY' FISHING AGAIN, AND WE’RE STUCK HERE SHOCKING ALL THESE RECLINERS. YOU NEED TO GET RID OF SOME OF THESE RECLINERS NOW. I KNOW HOW ABOUT LET’S HAVE OUR RECLINER SALE WHILE THEY’RE GONE ABOUT HUNDRED DOLLARS OFF ONE RECLINE ABOUT BUY WONDERING CONNOR GET THE SECOND ONE HALF OFF. LET’S DO BOTH. $100 OFF ANY RECLINER OR BY ONE RECLINER GET THE SECOND ONE HALF PRICE HURRY IN THE SALE ENDS WHEN THE FISH QUIT FIGHTING MATTRESS MAX FURNITURE WAREHOUSE GUYS. WE’LL SAVE YOU MONEY. THE HUNTING AND FIREARM INDUSTRIES BOTH DEMAND EXCELLENCE WHETHER YOU’RE AT THE RANGE OR OUT IN THE FIELD THE SPIRIT OF HUNTING AND SHOOTING IS ALIVE AND WELL AT DEWEY’S PAWN SHOP ON AUGUSTA ROAD IN GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA FROM TOP OF THE LINE SHOTGUNS TO CUSTOM ORDER RIFLES USED AS ONE OF THE LARGEST SELECTIONS OF FIREARMS IN THE STATE, WHICH MEANS THAT THERE’S NOTHING STOPPING YOU FROM ACHIEVING YOUR TARGET ED DEWEY. WE STAND BEHIND EVERY PRODUCT WE SELL BECAUSE WE USE THEM TOO COME IN TODAY TO EXPERIENCE THE DIFFERENCE. FROM PRESCHOOL TO HIGH SCHOOL OFFICIALS SAY THE UNIQUE SET OF CHALLENGES THAT YOUNG PEOPLE EXPERIENCE DURING THE PANDEMIC NEGATIVELY IMPACTED THEIR MENTAL HEALTH AS GABRIELLE CAMAROSKY REPORTS LOCAL SCHOOLS ARE GETTING CREATIVE TO GIVE THEIR STUDENTS SUPPORT. IT’S LUNCHTIME. MEALS WAS A FRIEND CALLED KNOW, WHY YOU HAVE MUSIC PLAYING IT’S A TIME TO DANCE AND JUST BE TOGETHER. I LIKE YEAH, I MEAN GIVE EVERYBODY A BREAK TO LIKE JUST PEACEFUL EAT AND LISTEN TO MUSIC. CAN CHALLENGE THE SCHOOL COUNSELORS IN A GAME OF JENGA? THIS IS ALL PART OF FUN. FRIDAYS A CHANCE TO LAUGH WITH OTHER STUDENTS TO MAKE IT WHERE IT IS. ESSENTIALLY A BREAK FOR OUR KIDS IN THE DAY A MENTAL BREAK AND WITH THE SCHOOL COUNSELORS WHEN EVERYBODY IS INVOLVED AND EVERYBODY IS ENJOYING IT AND EVERYBODY IS INTO IT CREATES A SENSE OF COMMUNITY HERE DR. STEPHANIE ZIMMERMAN THE DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL COUNSELING AT SOUTHSIDE SAYS IT’S SO IMPORTANT THAT THESE STUDENTS KNOW THE COUNSELORS AND KNOW THERE IS SUPPORT AT SCHOOL. A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS ARE GOING THROUGH A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE ALMOST UNIMAGINABLE, BUT I THINK THAT THE BIGGEST PIECE THAT IS MEETING THEM WHERE THEY ARE AND JUST SAYING HEY LIKE IF NOBODY ELSE IS HERE FOR YOU. WE’RE HERE FOR YOU. WE ARE GOING TO HELP YOU. GET THROUGH THIS WHATEVER SITUATION THAT MAY BE IN A REPORT FROM NAMI LOOKING AT THE IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC ON PEOPLE AGES 12 TO 17 ONE IN SIX REPORTED EXPERIENCING A MAJOR DEPRESSIVE EPISODE THE FACE OF SCHOOL COUNSELING DEFINITELY LOOKS DIFFERENT THAN IT DID SEVERAL YEARS AGO. I DO THINK THAT CAMINO COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC HAS BROUGHT MORE LIGHT TO THERE’S DEFINITELY A NEED FOR MORE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS. THERE’S A MORE NEED FOR SUCH THAT SOCIAL ACADEMIC EMOTIONAL SUPPORT IN GENERAL ELIZABETH HOUSE THE DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL COUNSELING FOR GREENVILLE COUNTY SCHOOLS SAYS THE DISTRICT USES AN EARLY WARNING RESPONSE TOOL LOOKING AT STUDENTS ATTENDANCE BEHAVIOR AND CLASS PARTICIPATION. THOSE ARE ALL DIRECTLY LINKED TO MENTAL HEALTH, AND SHE SAYS MENTAL HEALTH WELL-BEING IS DIRECTLY LINKED TO ACADEMIC SUCCESS. IT’S A CHAIN LINK AT ALL LINKS TOGETHER AND IF THERE IS SOMETHING MISSING IN THERE, IT WON’T BE IT’S NOT IT’S NOT STRONG. SHE SAYS GREENFIELD COUNTY IS THE ONLY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE WHERE EACH SCHOOL HAS AN ASSIGNED MENTAL HEALTH. BLUR WHICH ADDS BEHAVIORAL SUPPORT TO SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS STUDENTS MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS TEENAGERS TELL US ACADEMIC PRESSURE AND THE CYCLE OF COMPARISON ON SOCIAL MEDIA UTAH TO MEET A STANDARD AND THEY JUST FEEL LIKE THEY’RE NOT ENOUGH CAN TAKE A TOLL WITH SOCIAL MEDIA NORTH OF GOING ON YOUR MISSILE, YOU KNOW HAS TAKENLY DECLINE BECAUSE WE’RE SO ON OUR PHONES. THE NUMBERS ARE ALARMING NAMI REPORTS. THAT SUICIDE IS THE THIRD LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE US AMONG PEOPLE AGES 15 TO OR AND THE SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE US AMONG PEOPLE AGES 10 TO 14. WE’RE SEEING MORE CHILDREN AT YOUNGER AGES ATTEMPTING SUICIDE MORE OFTEN AND WITH MORE LETHAL MEANS THAN THEY WOULD HAVE BEFORE THE PANDEMIC AND THAT’S WHAT’S THE SCARY PART. SO KIDS DOWN TO THE AGE OF EIGHT ARE TAKING FOR EXAMPLE HANDFULS OF TYLENOL DOCTOR KAREN LAMELL CHAIR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY AT PRISMA HEALTH SAYS PARENTS PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE. SO KIDS MAY BE SENDING YOU SIGNALS THAT THEY DON’T WANT TO BE WITH THEORY. YOU’RE NOT COOL. YOU’RE THE PARENT WHEN THE REALITY IS THEY NEED YOU THERE. THEY WANT TO SPEND TIME WITH YOU TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE TIMES FOR EXAMPLE DRIVING IN THE CAR WHEN YOU’RE NOT LOOKING AT EACH OTHER AND YOU FIND THAT THAT TAKES THE PRESSURE OFF OF YOUR KIDS TO TALK AND THEY TALK UP A STORM AND THEY JUST WANT YOU TO LISTEN. I SEE DETERMINATE I SEE EFFORT. I SEE KINDNESS THE STUDENTS AT PICKENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SEE SUPPORT FROM THEIR SCHOOL EVERY TIME THEY PEER INTO THESE MIRRORS HANGING IN THE HALLWAY. I SEE. WORK AND READ THE WORDS BELOW. I SEE YOUR FUTURE IT GOES AHEAD AND PLANTS THAT SEED TO WHERE THEY ARE. IT SETS A GOAL FOR THEM. MY FAVORITE IS THE ONE BEHIND ME THAT SAYS I SEE YOU BECAUSE I WANTED THE KIDS TO KNOW THAT WE SEE THEM AND WE LOVE THEM AND WE ARE HERE FOR THEM AND THAT WE SEE ALL OF THESE OTHER TRAITS IN THEM. IT REALLY MEANS A LOT WHEN YOU GET THESE CONFIDENCE BOOSTERS LIKE WHEN YOU GET TO YOURSELF AS THOSE WORDS IN THE MIRRORS LIKE KINDNESS IS IN ALL OF US EVEN THOUGH IF YOU DON’T SEE IT AND SOME PEOPLE IT’S IN YOU WORDS TO REMEMBER AT A YOUNG AGE AND AT EVERY AGE A REMINDER OF SUPPORT. ALL SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOLS THAT OFFER GRADES 7 THROUGH 12 ARE REQUIRED BY STATE LAW TO HAVE THE NUMBER FOR THE SUICIDE IN CRISIS LIFELINE 988 AND AT LEAST ONE OTHER CRISIS RESOURCE ON THE BACK OF SCHOOL ISSUED IDENTIFICATION CARDS. FOR MANY WOMEN HAVING A BABY IS THE REALIZATION OF A DREAM THEY EXPECT TO BOND WITH THEIR BABY TO BE HAPPY. BUT FOR MANY THAT DOESN’T HAPPEN AT LEAST NOT RIGHT AWAY CAROL CLARK WITH WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION. YES, IT’S NOT JUST FOUR-YEAR-OLD PRINCE SAYING YES THESE DAYS HIS MOM IS TOO BUT LAST YEAR AFTER GIVING BIRTH TO NASIR EVERYTHING FELT LIKE A BIG NO TO THE DOCTOR, MAN. SHE ASKED ME LIKE NO ONE HAD ASKED ME. HOW ARE YOU DOING? IT HAD BEEN SO, YOU KNOW, I’VE BEEN ON AUTOPILOT THE WHOLE TIME WITH KIDS. NO ONE ASKED ME LIKE ACTUALLY HOW I WAS DOING. SO WHEN SHE ASKED ME I WAS LIKE NOT GOOD. I JUST BROKE DOWN CRYING PSYCHIATRIST NEHA HUDA. PAUL TALKED TO CASEY AND SHE KNEW IMMEDIATELY WHAT WAS WRONG POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION IS INCREDIBLY COMMON. IT IS ACTUALLY PROBABLY THE MOST COMMON COMPLICATION OF PREGNANCY MORE COMMON THAN GESTATIONAL DIABETES. SHE SAYS MORE COMMON THAN HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE DURING PREGNANCY. IT AFFECTS MORE THAN 15% OF NEW MOMS IN SOME UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. THAT NUMBER CAN BE AS HIGH AS 30 PERCENT. IT’S SUCH A BIG PROBLEM THAT PRISMA HEALTH OFFERS ARE WOMEN’S MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM DR. HUDAPOLE IS THE DIRECTOR. WE’VE GONE LEAPS AND BOUNDS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. WE ARE SCREENING WOMEN FOR THESE ILLNESSES. WE ARE RECOGNIZING THEM RECOGNIZING THE SYMPTOMS WHICH CAN INCLUDE MOOD SWINGS ANXIETY SADNESS DIFFICULTY BONDING WITH THE BABY FEELING OVERWHELMED HOPELESS IRRITABLE HAVING TROUBLE SLEEPING, BUT CASEY DIDN’T NEED A LIST TO KNOW SOMETHING WAS WRONG THAT WOULD LITERALLY GO IN MY CLOSET AND SCREAM TO THE TOP OF MY LUNGS IN A PILLOW TREATMENT RANGES FROM TALK THERAPY TO MEDICATION OR COMBINATION OF BOTH. SHE DID REQUIRE A MORE RAPID TREATMENT ALTERNATIVE BECAUSE HER SYMPTOMS WERE QUITE SEVERE. FOR CASEY THAT MEANT IV INFUSION. I HAVE TO BE HOSPITALIZED. I WAS IN GREENVILLE MEMORIAL FOR FOUR DAYS WITHIN MAYBE ABOUT THE 16-HOUR MARK. IT WAS LIKE A BARREL WAS LIFTED OFF OF MY EYES LIKE I I WAS ABLE TO SMILE AND IT WASN’T FORCED. NOW SHE TAKES AN ANTIDEPRESSANT AND TALKS TO HER DOCTOR ONCE A WEEK THE CARE CHANGED HER LIFE. I’M ABLE TO PURSUE DREAMS THAT DURING THAT TIME I COULDN’T EVEN SEE PAST LIKE I COULDN’T EVEN SEE ME ACTUALLY BEING ABLE TO DO IT. SO IT’S IT’S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FEELING NOW. I LOVE BEING ABLE TO HELP WOMEN REALLY KIND OF FIND THEIR THEIR PEACE AND THEIR JOY AND THAT JOY THAT THEY FIND IN PARENTING AND TO REALLY BE ABLE TO HELP THEM LIVE THAT SATISFYING FULL LIFE WITH THE SATISFYING FULL LIFE FOR PRINCE AND IN THIS YEAR TOO. MOM IS REALLY HERE. MEN CAN ACTUALLY EXPERIENCE A FORM OF POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION TOO WITH MANY OF THOSE SAME SYMPTOMS. SO IT’S IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO TALK TO THEIR DOCTORS, TOO. FOR SOME WHO GO THROUGH TRAUMA THE HAUNTING IMAGES PLAY OVER AND OVER. IT’S CALLED POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER OR PTSD CAROL CLARK FOUND THOSE WE COUNT ON THE MOST OR ALSO MOST AT RISK, BUT PTSD CAN HAPPEN TO ANYONE. THIS ISN’T A DRIVE-THROUGH FOR SERGEANT MAX SHELTON OF THE GREENVILLE PD. BEING IN THE PARKING LOT OF BOYS ON LAURENS ROAD TAKES HIM BACK TO A STRONG ARMED ROBBERY A MAN HAD TAKEN A BIKE FROM A YOUNG MAN IN THE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS ACTING ALL ERRATIC AND HE WOUND UP HERE IN THE IN THE PEP BOYS THE MAGICAL CLERK HOSTAGE AT KNIFE POINT. HE LIT CANS OF SPRAY PAINT ON FIRE. I WENT INSIDE AND FACED HIM. HE PRESENTED THE KNIVES HE WOULDN’T FOLLOW COMMANDS IT ALL HAPPENED SO FAST SERGEANT SHELTON SAYS HE HAD TO SHOOT THE MAN WHEN HE CAME AT HIM BUT THE TRAUMA OF THAT DAY WOULD NOT END THERE IT WOULDN’T END WHEN THE MAN SURVIVED AND WENT TO PRISON IT JUST KEPT PLAYING IN HIS MIND AGAIN AND AGAIN EVENTUALLY THAT’S WHAT IT WAS WAS HIS ARM COMING UP TO MAKE A SWING MAX SHELTON KNEW HE HAD TO TALK TO SOMEONE LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR. BOB GAMBLE UNDERSTANDS. HE WORKED AS A POLICE OFFICER BEFORE SWITCHING GEARS INTO COUNSELING. SO EVERY TIME WE GO THROUGH SOMETHING TRAUMATIC, WE’RE GOING TO TYPICALLY EXPERIENCE SOME SOME DEGREE OF POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS. TYPICALLY THAT WILL DISSIPATE OVER TIME BUT WHEN IT BECOMES WE USE A TERM STUCK OR CHRONIC, THEN IT CAN BECOME A POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER. PTSD WAS KNOWN AS SHELL SHOCK DURING WORLD WAR ONE AND COMBAT FATIGUE DURING WORLD WAR 2, BUT YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE A SOLDIER OR FIRST RESPONDER TO HAVE PT. E THE AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION SAYS ONE OUT OF 11 AMERICANS WILL BE DIAGNOSED WITH PTSD AT SOME POINT IN THEIR LIFETIME WOMEN ARE TWICE AS LIKELY AS MEN TO HAVE IT THOSE WHO HAVE IT SHARE THESE SYMPTOMS INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS OR FLASHBACKS THE TRAUMA MEMORIES AREN’T TIME STAMPED. SO THE BRAIN DOESN’T KNOW IF THEY’RE REAL THEY’RE CURRENT THEIR PAST. ALL THEY KNOW IS THE BRAIN KNOWS THERE’S DANGER AVOIDANCE. WHEN YOU AVOID DEALING WITH THESE THINGS ARE FACING WITH THEM. IT JUST MAKES THEM WORSE CHANGES. ROBBERY THEY WERE NOT OFF I HAD. TUNNEL VISION WHICH LOCKED IN ON THAT PERSON JUST WATCHING THOSE HANDS. WATCHING THOSE WEAPONS CHANGES IN REACTION. IT’S JUST THIS UNDERLYING PERVASIVE ANGER AND THEY’RE VERY IRRITABLE EASILY SET OFF. WHAT SETBACK ON THE ROAD TO HEALING? IN THE COUNSELING AND PEER SERVICES OFFERED BY THE GREENVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT HELPED TALKING TO HIS WIFE HIS SONS AND USING EMDR THERAPY THAT HAD HIS EYES TRACKING LIGHT WHAT I SEE EMDR DO IS NOTHING SHORT OF MIRACULOUS AND IT STANDS FOR EYE MOVEMENT DESENSITIZATION AND REPROCESSING AND IT USES THE SAME EYE MOVEMENT THAT THE BRAIN USES DURING REM SLEEP ONCE YOU DO IT ONCE YOU TALK TO THEM AND THOSE IMAGES COME FORTH. AND THEN YOU DON’T SEE HIM ANYMORE. YEAH IN IN THE WAY THAT IS GOING TO TROUBLE YOU. YEAH, IT WAS AMAZING AND WHAT IT DOES IT DOESN’T ERASE MEMORIES, BUT IT TAKES THE EMOTIONAL CHARGE OUT OF THE MEMORY IT ALL ALLOWED. MAC TO GET BACK ON PATROL AND GET ON WITH HIS LIFE. FOR A PTSD DIAGNOSIS THE SYMPTOMS MUST LAST FOR MORE THAN A MONTH. THE EXPERTS SAY SYMPTOMS USUALLY DEVELOP WITHIN THREE MONTHS OF THE INCIDENT, BUT CAN TIMES SHOW UP MUCH LATER STILL TO COME ON CHRONICLE GRIEF IS A PLACE WE HAVE TO GO TO BUT WE DON’T LIVE HERE RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR FAMILIES COPING WITH LOSS OR CARING FOR A LOVED ONE STRUGGLING WITH A MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEM. AND WHAT’S THE NUMBER? OH THREE. THAT’S RIGHT. ARE YOU GONNA CALL CALL GLOW BABY? AND WHAT’S THE NUMBER ALL THREE? THAT’S RIGHT ALCOHOL FIGHTS. IT’S TIME FOR THE ANNUAL HOME SHOW SALE AT ADVENTURE MOTORHOMES. ENJOY BARGAIN BASEMENT FACTORY DIRECT PRICING AND FACTORY REBATES THREE DAY SALE WITH WORLD FAMOUS. CHARLIE’S BBQ AND PELICAN SNOWBALLS FOR ALL AGES SATURDAY APRIL 15TH ADVENTURE MOTORHOMES. HAS IT ALL INCLUDING TRAVEL TRAILERS FIFTH WHEELS ALL TERRAIN CAMPERS MERCEDES MOTORHOMES DIESEL MOTORHOMES CAMPER VAN SPECIALLY MOTOR HOMES, LIKE BEAST BT CRUISER AND ECHO ADVENTURE MOTORHOMES HOME SALE, APRIL 14TH THROUGH 16TH. DON’T MISS IT FOR 50 YEARS OUR PAINFUL AT WALDROP HAVE DELIVERED THE DIFFERENCE THROUGH THE ATTITUDE. WE CARRY THE WORK WE DO. THE COMMITMENT WE SHARE AND SOLUTIONS WE PROUDLY CREATE FOR YOU RIGHT NOW. LET US MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR YOU GET AN AC INSPECTION FOR $99 GO TO CALL WALDRIP.COM FOR DETAILS. OUR PEOPLE DELIVER THE DIFFERENCE. WE KNOW THOSE WHO SUFFER FROM POOR MENTAL HEALTH CAN FACE DEVASTATING IMPACTS. BUT WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO CARE FOR THEIR LOVED ONES OR THOSE FAMILIES LEFT IN THE WAKE OF SUICIDE OUR OWN PEYTON FURTADO LOST HER BROTHER BRYSON TO SUICIDE A YEAR AGO, AND NOW SHE IS EXPLORING HOW FAMILIES CAN COPE. IMAGINE YOUR LIFE AS A COMP AS MAJOR EVENTS HIGHS LOWS STRESSES POUR IN YOU CAN POUR THEM OUT DOING THE THINGS YOU LOVE AND RELIEVING STRESS TALKING TO THE ONE YOU LOVE OR GOING TO A THERAPIST, BUT NOT EVERYONE CAN EMPTY THEIR CUP ON THEIR OWN. THEY’RE WATCHING SOMEONE AND YOU WANT TO GIVE THEM ALL THE TOOLS TO BECOME THE BEST VERSION OF THEMSELVES, BUT IT’S AGAIN A DISEASE THAT THEY’RE FIGHTING THAT’S INVISIBLE. SO IT’S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN SEE MENTAL HEALTH DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE. NAMI SAYS 8.4 MILLION AMERICANS LOOK AFTER A MENTALLY ILL LOVED ONE WORKING WITH THEM AN AVERAGE OF 32 HOURS A WEEK SOME NEGLECTING THEIR OWN HEALTH IN THE PROCESS NEGLECTING YOUR OWN HEALTH CAUSES PEOPLE TO FALL INTO MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES SUCH AS DEPRESSION ANXIETY AND THOSE FEELINGS OF ISOLATION RIGHT AT HOMES. EMILY. NIX SAYS, THERE’S NO SHAME IN ASKING FOR HELP COUNTLESS. GREENVILLE FAMILIES RELY ON IN-HOME CARETAKERS TO KEEP THEIR FAMILY AFLOAT, BUT NOT EVERY FAMILY IS GIVEN THAT OPTION SOMETIMES A CUP FILLS. NUMBER OF REASONS UNTIL IF HE HAD EMPTIED IT THAT DROP WOULD NOT HAVE CAUSED THIS. BUT HE DIDN’T EMPTY THAT CUP AND THAT LAST DROP WAS WHEN HE BROKE JUST EIGHT MONTHS AFTER LOSING HER YOUNGEST SON TO A CAR ACCIDENT BECKY KAY’S OLDEST SON. BOBBY DIED BY SUICIDE. THERE WAS NO WARNING AT ALL. HE WAS HURT. WE ALL WERE CRUSHED WITH MIKE’S DEATH, BUT NOW BOBBY’S DEATH BROUGHT US TO OUR KNEES BECAUSE IT WAS AT THE BLUE. I COMPARE IT TO LIKE WORK IN A PUZZLE WITH MIKE. I COULD PUT EVERY PIECE OF THAT PUZZLE TOGETHER AS BITTER AS IT WAS IT WAS IT WAS THERE BUT WITH BOBBY IT WAS HERE. AND THEN GONE AND THERE WAS NOTHING TO INDICATE IN BETWEEN WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN AFTER MORE THAN TWO DECADES OF HEALING WITH THE HELP OF CHURCH FAMILY FRIENDS AND THERAPY CASE BECOME A WOUNDED HEALER HERSELF. SHE LEADS A SURVIVORS OF SUICIDE GROUP FINDING MEANING AND HELPING OTHERS THROUGH THEIR GRIEF GRIEF IS A PLACE WE HAVE TO GO TO BUT WE DON’T LIVE THERE. WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD A MAYBE FORWARD IS A AS YOU AND SHE PRIORITIZES SELF-CARE SITTING IN HER GARDEN WATCHING THE DRAGONFLIES LITTLE OVER HER POND. IT’S A PEACEFUL FEELING MY HEART FEELS LIKE IT TAKES A BREATH THOUGH, THE LAW STILL HURTS. SHE SAYS HER CUP. OVER BEC ANYONE WHO’S GRIEVING A LOSS OR STRUGGLING TO TAKE CARE OF A LOVED ONE SEEK THE HELP OF PROFESSIONAL OR JOIN A SUPPORT GROUP WE HAVE LISTED RESOURCES FOR MENTAL HEALTH ON WYFF. 4.COM SLASH CHRONICLES CREATING SAFE SPACES FOR PEOPLE TO TALK ABOUT THEIR MENTAL HEALTH. WE’RE GOING TO START A MOVEMENT AND IF WE SAY ONE LIFE, IT’S GOING TO BE WORTH IT THE EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE THE STIGMA AND BRING HOPE THAT’S NEXT ON CHRONICLE. IF YOU OVERDRAW YOUR ACCOUNT WELLS FARGO GIVES YOU AN EXTRA DAY GRACE PERIOD TO AVOID THE OVERDRAFT FEE. WHAT IF EVERYTHING CAME WITH A GRACE PERIOD LIKE ACCIDENTALLY PARKING WHERE YOU SHOULDN’T IT’S AN EXTRA DAY LIKE HAVING AN EXTRA DAY GRACE PERIOD YOU CAN WITH WELLS FARGO. BLOSSOMED AND BRUSH STROKED BLOOM AND THE TULIPS WILL BE TAPESTRY OF PASTEL LIGHT AND MORNING TO YOU. THERE WAS A TIME WHEN WE MARVELED AT THE BEAUTY WITHIN US AND AT THE ART ON ALL SIDES AND ALL AROUND IT WAS A GLORIOUS TIME IT WAS SPRING THIS SPRING HAVE BUILT MORE AWAKENED TO BUILD. IN BLOOM YOU KNO YOU’VE HEARD THE SONG BUT UNTIL YOU’VE SEEN IT LIVE YOU HAVEN’T EXPERIENCE THROUGH 9TH TICKET ON SALE AT PEACE CENTER.ORG. AT WELLS FARGO DIRECT DEPOSITS COME UP TO TWO DAYS EARLY WITH EARLY PAYDAY. WHAT IS EVERYTHING CAME TWO DAYS EARLY THE WEEKEND, BUT IT’S WEDNESDAY THE WEEKEND BABY. LET’S GET PAID UP TO TWO DAYS EARLY. YOU CAN WITH WELLS FARGO. RIGHT NOW THERE ARE PEOPLE HARD AT WORK TO CHANGE THE WAY WE LOOK AT MENTAL HEALTH AND THE WAY WE TALK ABOUT IT GABRIELLE COMOROWSKI INTRODUCES US TO A MOTHER WHOSE WORK LEADS WITH THE HEART. WHEN I SAW IT FOR THE FIRST TIME I COLLAPSE AND MIXED ARMS ARTISTS ARMS. YEAH, I DID WHEN SUSAN CROOKS LOOKS AT THIS PAINTING AT THE GREENVILLE CENTER FOR CREATIVE ARTS. SHE REMEMBERS HER SON WALT THEY CAPTURED HIS EYES IN HIS HEART AND HE WAS SHE SAYS WALT STRUGGLED WITH TREATMENT RESISTANT ANXIETY FOR 20 YEARS AND DIED BY SUICIDE IN 2019. TODAY’S AFTER MY SON HIS YOUNGER BROTHER WILL SAID MOM HE PUT HIS HANDS ON MY SHOULDERS AND LOOKED ME IN THE EYES BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I MIGHT NOT MAKE IT RIGHT. YOU LOSE YOUR CHILD. THERE’S JUST THERE’S IT’S UNFATHOMABLE, YOU KNOW, AND HE LOOKED ME IN THE EYES AND SAID MOM WE’RE GONNA START A MOVEMENT AND IF WE SAVE ONE LIFE, IT’S GONNA BE WORTH IT. THEY CREATED WALT’S WALTZ. LET’S STOP DANCING AROUND MENTAL HEALTH CONVERSATION. LET’S NORMALIZE THESE CONVERSATIONS AND GET PEOPLE TALKING SUSAN SAYS THE NONPROFIT WANTS TO END THE STIGMA SURROUNDING MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS SO SOMEHOW WE’RE AFRAID TO TALK ABOUT IT AND THERE’S STIGMA BUT IT’S NORMAL ONE THING THAT WE HAVE TO CONTINUOUSLY REMEMBER IS THAT WE HAVE TO START WITH EDUCATION WALTZ WALTZ USES ART TO EDUCATE WITH PAINTING MENTAL HEALTH WORKSHOPS AND THE NON-PROFIT WORKS WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES AND GROUPS TO ESTABLISHED STIGMA-FREE ENVIRONMENTS THE GOAL IS TO ENCOURAGE OPEN DIALOGUE TO NORMALIZE CONVERSATIONS SURROUNDING MENTAL HEALTH. IT IS A BOLD STATEMENT TO SAY THAT BECAUSE SUDDENLY IT CAN FREE PEOPLE FROM THE BEING THE FEAR OF OH IF I SAY, I’M GOING TO A THERAPIST, YOU KNOW, THIS MIGHT HAPPEN, RIGHT? THAT IS WHAT PEOPLE NEED TO HEAR THAT. THIS IS A SAFE SPACE THIS BUTTERFLY IS THE SYMBOL OF A WALTZ WALTZ STIGMA FREE ENVIRONMENT AND KEEP US HERE SO THAT WHEN PEOPLE COME IN THEY KNOW THE GREENVILLE CENTER FOR CREATIVE ARTS WAS THE FIRST TO DISPLAY IT WE WON’T ALL OF OUR PATRONS ALL OF OUR ARTISTS ANY OF OUR VISITORS DONORS STAFF TO KNOW THAT NO MATTER WHAT THEY ARE ACCEPTED HERE. THERE ARE NOW AT LEAST 16 STIGMA FREE ENVIRONMENTS IN THE UPSTATE AND SUSAN SAYS THAT NUMBER IS GROWING WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO CREATE SAFE SPACES FOR PEOPLE TO SHARE HOW THEY’RE FEELING. AND WHEN WE DO THAT THEN I THINK THAT’S WHERE WE SEE HUMANITY SHINE AND ALL ITS GLORY DR. FRANK CLARK OF PRISMA HEALTH PSYCHIATRIST SAYS WE CAN ALL BENEFIT FROM DOING MORE LISTENING PEOPLE. JUST WANT TO FEEL HEARD PEOPLE. JUST WANT TO FEEL VALIDATED. WE HAVE TO ENCOURAGE OUR FRIENDS. WE HAVE TO ENCOURAGE THE FAMILIES THE PEOPLE THAT WE WORK WITH WHEN THEY’RE GOING THROUGH THESE THINGS. YOU KNOW, WE JUST WE JUST HAVE TO ALL BECOME ENCOURAGERS BECAUSE IT IT TAKES THAT TYPE OF EFFORT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. KEN DOHERTY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF NAMI GREENVILLE SAYS THE PANDEMIC HAS LED TO A POSITIVE STEP IN THE WORK TO ELIMINATE THE STIGMA SURROUNDING MENTAL HEALTH WITH MORE PEOPLE BECOMING A LITTLE MORE COMFORTABLE TALKING ABOUT THEIR MENTAL HEALTH AND TELEHEALTH IS MORE AVAILABLE ACCORDING TO A REPORT BY NAMI IN 2020-26.3 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES RECEIVED VIRTUAL MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES WITHIN THE YEAR. WE SEE THAT WE’RE NOT ALWAYS INSIDE THE LINES MENTAL HEALTH IS COMPLICATED MENTAL HEALTH IS MESSY THIS COLORFUL BUTTERFLY IS A REMINDER OF A SAFE SPACE AND PROGRESS OF REMINDERS THAT THERE IS HELP AND THERE IS HOPE ALL OF THIS IT KIND OF CAN CREATE THIS CASCADE RIGHT CREATES THIS MOVEMENT OF CHANGE WHICH WE WANT. THAT MOVEMENT OF CHANGE BEGINS BY EXTENDING LIFELINES OF HOPE THROUGH LISTENING AND SHARING FOR THE FURTADO FAMILY SHARING BRYSON STORY ON THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF HIS PASSING WAS ONE OF THE WAYS THEY FELT THEY COULD HELP OTHER FAMILIES WHO WERE GRIEVING AND OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING. AND WE’RE ALL GOING TO EXPERIENCE DIFFICULT TIMES IN OUR LIFE. AND WE’RE GONNA GO THROUGH TRAGEDIES AND WE’RE ALL GOING TO HAVE A HARD TIME BRIAN FURTADO SERVED IN THE MARINE CORPS AND NOW VOLUNTEERS THIS TIME TO POUR POSITIVE MESSAGES INTO YOUNG MARINES ASSURING THEM THAT THE DARK EMOTIONAL TIMES. THEY MAY GO THROUGH DON’T LAST FOREVER. LOOK AT THAT WINDOW AND SEE WHAT’S BEYOND THE BAD STUFF. THERE’S BETTER THINGS AHEAD SO MUCH OF WHAT THE FRITTATAS DO IS FOR BRYSON TO MAKE HIM PROUD TO CARRY ON HIS LEGACY. IT’S HARD RIGHT? IT’S HARD TO GET BACK UP, BUT YOU’VE GOT A CHEERLEADER UP THERE THAT WANTS TO SEE YOU DO WELL WITH YOUR LIFE. THEY WANT YOU TO MOVE ON AND WANT YOU TO BE SOMEBODY TO HELP SOME OTHER PERSON IF HE SAW US AFFECTED FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES AND UNABLE TO DO ANYTHING JUST PARALYZED BY THAT GRIEF. I THINK IT WOULD HURT HIM EVEN MORE. THAN ANYTHING ELSE HE’S BEEN THROUGH PEYTON BRIAN AND KIM FIND GREAT STRENGTH IN THEIR FAITH A SOLID AND DEEP CHRISTIAN FAITH, WHICH GIVES THEM THE GREATEST. HOPE THE HOPE OF HEAVEN I’VE LEARNED THAT WE HAD TO HAVE A SURVIVAL KIT AND OUR SURVIVAL KIT WAS OUR FAITH IN THE FACT THAT WE KNOW THAT WE’RE GOING TO SEE HIM AGAIN. HE’S JUST GONE ON AHEAD OF US. THE FRITTATOS AND ALL OF OUR GASTON CHRONICLE HAVE EXTENDED THAT LIFELINE THROUGH SHAREK. THERE IS NO GRIEF SO DEEP NO PROBLEM. SO INSURMOUNTABLE THAT IT CANNOT BE CONQUERED HELP IS ALWAYS AS CLOSE AS THREE NUMBERS NINE EIGHT IS THE SUICIDE IN CRISIS LIFELINE FOR YOURSELF OR TO GET HELP FOR SOMEONE YOU CARE ABOUT WE DON’T WALK ALONE. LET EACH OF US BE MINDFUL TO BE THERE FOR ONE ANOTHER. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR CHRONICLE STATE OF MIND. I’M JANE MOBILE.