Cracked, Not Broken: Surviving and Thriving After a Suicide Attempt

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The Golden Gate Bridge is without doubt one of the most recognizable structures to define a modern city. Yet, for writer Kevin Hines the bridge isn’t merely a marker of a place or a time. Instead, the bridge marks the beginning of his remarkable story. At 19 years old, Kevin attempted to take his own life by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge – a distance which took four seconds to fall. Recently diagnosed with bi-polar disorder, Kevin had begun to hear voices telling him he had to die, and days before his attempt, he began to imagine them.

The fall would break his body, but not his spirit. His story chronicles the ordinary will of the writer to live mentally well in the face of his mental illness: bipolar disorder with psychotic features. With each and every mental breakdown, on the other hand, the writer’s desire to live mentally well– and to be a mental health advocate– pulls him from the depths of his condition. Kevin’s story is a remarkable testament to the strength of the human spirit and a reminder to us to love the life we have. His story also reminds us that living mentally well takes time, endurance, hard work, and make stronger. With these disciplines in place, those living with even very difficult diagnoses can achieve better lives for themselves and people who help to make stronger and handle them.

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