Kevin Hines, one of the few people to ever survive jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge, waited at the railing for 40 minutes. He later recounted, “If someone had smiled and said, ‘Are you okay?’ I would not have jumped. I just was unable to ask for help myself.”

I want to check in on my friends. But when I open my mouth to smile, it turns into a laugh.

Of course we want to kill ourselves. It’s 2018.

Michael R. McBride- This hits part of it right on the head. We are being taught no tot say anything, not to be intrusive or interfering and that also means we are losing the connection our humanity allows and invites us to.