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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.34,0:00:03.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For a long time in my life,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.10,0:00:07.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt like I'd been living two different lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.69,0:00:11.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's the life that everyone sees,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.10,0:00:14.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then there's the life that only I see.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.80,0:00:17.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the life that everyone sees,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.32,0:00:19.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who I am is a friend,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.80,0:00:22.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a son, a brother,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.35,0:00:25.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a stand-up comedian and a teenager.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.98,0:00:27.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the life everyone sees.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.82,0:00:29.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you were to ask my friends and family to describe me,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.35,0:00:31.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's what they would tell you.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.18,0:00:33.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's a huge part of me. That is who I am.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.18,0:00:35.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you were to ask me to describe myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.99,0:00:38.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd probably say some of those same things.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.92,0:00:42.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I wouldn't be lying,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.48,0:00:46.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I wouldn't totally be telling you the truth, either,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.01,0:00:47.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the truth is,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.53,0:00:50.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's just the life everyone else sees.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.70,0:00:54.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the life that only I see, who I am,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.47,0:00:56.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who I really am,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.40,0:01:00.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is someone who struggles intensely with depression.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.83,0:01:03.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have for the last six years of my life,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.51,0:01:08.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I continue to every day.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.63,0:01:11.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, for someone who has never experienced depression
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.12,0:01:12.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or doesn't really know what that means,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.32,0:01:13.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that might surprise them to hear,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.71,0:01:15.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because there's this pretty popular misconception
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.61,0:01:18.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that depression is just being sad
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.36,0:01:20.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when something in your life goes wrong,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.85,0:01:22.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you break up with your girlfriend,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.49,0:01:23.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you lose a loved one,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.88,0:01:25.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you don't get the job you wanted.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.63,0:01:27.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that's sadness. That's a natural thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.62,0:01:29.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's a natural human emotion.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.53,0:01:33.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Real depression isn't being sad
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.73,0:01:36.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when something in your life goes wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.36,0:01:38.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Real depression is being sad
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.14,0:01:41.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when everything in your life is going right.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.41,0:01:43.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's real depression, and that's what I suffer from.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.90,0:01:46.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to be totally honest,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.02,0:01:48.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's hard for me to stand up here and say.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.84,0:01:50.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's hard for me to talk about,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.56,0:01:53.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it seems to be hard for everyone to talk about,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.32,0:01:55.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so much so that no one's talking about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.69,0:01:58.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And no one's talking about depression, but we need to be,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.08,0:02:01.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because right now it's a massive problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.82,0:02:03.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a massive problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.50,0:02:05.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we don't see it on social media, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.30,0:02:07.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't see it on Facebook. We don't see it on Twitter.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.38,0:02:09.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't see it on the news, because it's not happy,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.21,0:02:10.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not fun, it's not light.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.84,0:02:14.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so because we don't see it, we don't see the severity of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.43,0:02:18.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the severity of it and the seriousness of it is this:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.19,0:02:19.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every 30 seconds,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.91,0:02:22.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every 30 seconds, somewhere,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.12,0:02:24.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,someone in the world takes their own life
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.31,0:02:25.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of depression,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.39,0:02:27.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it might be two blocks away, it might be two countries away,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.63,0:02:29.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it might be two continents away, but it's happening,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.16,0:02:31.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's happening every single day.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.73,0:02:34.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we have a tendency, as a society,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.69,0:02:39.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to look at that and go, "So what?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.94,0:02:44.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what? We look at that, and we go, "That's your problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.59,0:02:46.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's their problem."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.100,0:02:48.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We say we're sad and we say we're sorry,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.85,0:02:50.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we also say, "So what?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.22,0:02:54.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, two years ago it was my problem,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.91,0:02:58.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I sat on the edge of my bed
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.96,0:03:02.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I'd sat a million times before
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.32,0:03:05.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was suicidal.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.14,0:03:09.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was suicidal, and if you were to look at my life on the surface,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.07,0:03:11.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you wouldn't see a kid who was suicidal.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.31,0:03:13.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'd see a kid who was the captain of his basketball team,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.42,0:03:15.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the drama and theater student of the year,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.48,0:03:16.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the English student of the year,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.44,0:03:18.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,someone who was consistently on the honor roll
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.27,0:03:21.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and consistently at every party.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.94,0:03:23.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you would say I wasn't depressed, you would say
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.59,0:03:26.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wasn't suicidal, but you would be wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.30,0:03:27.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You would be wrong. So I sat there that night
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.74,0:03:31.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beside a bottle of pills with a pen and paper in my hand
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.77,0:03:33.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I thought about taking my own life
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.76,0:03:37.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I came this close to doing it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.11,0:03:38.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I came this close to doing it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.80,0:03:41.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I didn't, so that makes me one of the lucky ones,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.92,0:03:44.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the people who gets to step out on the ledge
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.06,0:03:46.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and look down but not jump,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.32,0:03:48.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the lucky ones who survives.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.32,0:03:50.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I survived, and that just leaves me with my story,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.72,0:03:53.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my story is this:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.13,0:03:56.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In four simple words, I suffer from depression.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.48,0:03:58.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I suffer from depression,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.91,0:04:06.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for a long time, I think,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.23,0:04:08.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was living two totally different lives,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.83,0:04:10.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where one person was always afraid of the other.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.69,0:04:12.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was afraid that people would see me for who I really was,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.79,0:04:16.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I wasn't the perfect, popular kid in high school everyone thought I was,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.03,0:04:18.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that beneath my smile, there was struggle,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.45,0:04:20.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and beneath my light, there was dark,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.42,0:04:24.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and beneath my big personality just hid even bigger pain.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.79,0:04:27.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, some people might fear girls not liking them back.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.43,0:04:29.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some people might fear sharks. Some people might fear death.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.52,0:04:34.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But for me, for a large part of my life, I feared myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.21,0:04:36.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feared my truth, I feared my honesty, I feared my vulnerability,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.90,0:04:39.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that fear made me feel
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.13,0:04:41.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like I was forced into a corner,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.48,0:04:44.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like I was forced into a corner and there was only one way out,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.51,0:04:48.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so I thought about that way every single day.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.31,0:04:49.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought about it every single day,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.75,0:04:51.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if I'm being totally honest, standing here
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.42,0:04:54.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've thought about it again since, because that's the sickness,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.80,0:04:56.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's the struggle, that's depression,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.73,0:04:57.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and depression isn't chicken pox.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.95,0:04:59.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't beat it once and it's gone forever.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.67,0:05:02.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's something you live with. It's something you live in.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.43,0:05:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the roommate you can't kick out. It's the voice you can't ignore.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.00,0:05:08.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the feelings you can't seem to escape,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.26,0:05:13.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the scariest part is that after a while,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.34,0:05:16.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you become numb to it. It becomes normal for you,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.22,0:05:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what you really fear the most
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.50,0:05:21.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,isn't the suffering inside of you.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.36,0:05:22.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the stigma inside of others,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.88,0:05:25.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's the shame, it's the embarrassment,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.16,0:05:27.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's the disapproving look on a friend's face,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.61,0:05:31.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's the whispers in the hallway that you're weak,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.07,0:05:32.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's the comments that you're crazy.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.48,0:05:34.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what keeps you from getting help.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.58,0:05:37.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what makes you hold it in and hide it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.57,0:05:39.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the stigma. So you hold it in and you hide it,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.90,0:05:41.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you hold it in and you hide it,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.77,0:05:43.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even though it's keeping you in bed every day
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.44,0:05:46.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's making your life feel empty no matter how much you try and fill it,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.38,0:05:48.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you hide it, because the stigma in our society
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.54,0:05:51.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around depression is very real.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.46,0:05:54.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's very real, and if you think that it isn't, ask yourself this:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.66,0:05:56.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Would you rather make your next Facebook status
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.47,0:05:58.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,say you're having a tough time getting out of bed
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.22,0:06:00.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you hurt your back
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.37,0:06:02.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or you're having a tough time getting out of bed every morning
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.36,0:06:04.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you're depressed?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.46,0:06:06.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the stigma, because unfortunately,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.74,0:06:09.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we live in a world where if you break your arm,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.21,0:06:11.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everyone runs over to sign your cast,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.90,0:06:14.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but if you tell people you're depressed, everyone runs the other way.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.70,0:06:17.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the stigma.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.20,0:06:22.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are so, so, so accepting of any body part breaking down
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.17,0:06:25.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other than our brains. And that's ignorance.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.27,0:06:27.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's pure ignorance, and that ignorance has created
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.28,0:06:28.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a world that doesn't understand depression,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.84,0:06:31.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that doesn't understand mental health.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.35,0:06:33.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's ironic to me, because depression
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.30,0:06:35.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is one of the best documented problems we have in the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.81,0:06:37.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yet it's one of the least discussed.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.86,0:06:40.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We just push it aside and put it in a corner
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.29,0:06:43.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and pretend it's not there and hope it'll fix itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.88,0:06:47.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, it won't. It hasn't, and it's not going to,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.22,0:06:49.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because that's wishful thinking,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.11,0:06:51.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and wishful thinking isn't a game plan, it's procrastination,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.89,0:06:56.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we can't procrastinate on something this important.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.82,0:07:00.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first step in solving any problem
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.21,0:07:01.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is recognizing there is one.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.69,0:07:04.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, we haven't done that, so we can't really expect
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.45,0:07:07.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to find an answer when we're still afraid of the question.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.63,0:07:11.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I don't know what the solution is.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.41,0:07:13.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wish I did, but I don't -- but I think,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.87,0:07:15.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it has to start here.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.88,0:07:18.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has to start with me, it has to start with you,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.28,0:07:21.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it has to start with the people who are suffering,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.70,0:07:23.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the ones who are hidden in the shadows.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.12,0:07:25.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to speak up and shatter the silence.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.12,0:07:27.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to be the ones who are brave for what we believe in,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.43,0:07:30.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because if there's one thing that I've come to realize,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.61,0:07:34.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if there's one thing that I see as the biggest problem,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.18,0:07:37.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not in building a world
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.22,0:07:40.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we eliminate the ignorance of others.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.97,0:07:44.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's in building a world where we teach the acceptance of ourselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.26,0:07:45.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we're okay with who we are,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.46,0:07:46.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because when we get honest,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.96,0:07:49.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we see that we all struggle and we all suffer.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.76,0:07:51.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whether it's with this, whether it's with something else,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.71,0:07:54.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we all know what it is to hurt.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.54,0:07:56.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all know what it is to have pain in our heart,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.37,0:07:59.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we all know how important it is to heal.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.07,0:08:02.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But right now, depression is society's deep cut
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.46,0:08:05.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we're content to put a Band-Aid over and pretend it's not there.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.02,0:08:09.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, it is there. It is there, and you know what? It's okay.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.53,0:08:13.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Depression is okay. If you're going through it, know that you're okay.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.34,0:08:15.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And know that you're sick, you're not weak,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.100,0:08:17.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's an issue, not an identity,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.94,0:08:20.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because when you get past the fear and the ridicule
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.69,0:08:22.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the judgment and the stigma of others,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.48,0:08:25.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can see depression for what it really is,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.47,0:08:27.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's just a part of life,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.71,0:08:31.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just a part of life, and as much as I hate,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.44,0:08:33.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as much as I hate some of the places,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.92,0:08:37.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of the parts of my life depression has dragged me down to,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.01,0:08:39.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a lot of ways I'm grateful for it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.55,0:08:41.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because yeah, it's put me in the valleys,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.36,0:08:42.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but only to show me there's peaks,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.79,0:08:44.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yeah it's dragged me through the dark
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.39,0:08:46.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but only to remind me there is light.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.98,0:08:50.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My pain, more than anything in 19 years on this planet,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.72,0:08:52.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has given me perspective, and my hurt,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.98,0:08:55.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my hurt has forced me to have hope,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.47,0:08:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have hope and to have faith, faith in myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.00,0:09:00.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,faith in others, faith that it can get better,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.55,0:09:02.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we can change this, that we can speak up
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.63,0:09:05.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and speak out and fight back against ignorance,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.39,0:09:07.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fight back against intolerance,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.98,0:09:09.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and more than anything,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.99,0:09:12.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learn to love ourselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.72,0:09:14.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learn to accept ourselves for who we are,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.90,0:09:18.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the people we are, not the people the world wants us to be.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.99,0:09:20.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the world I believe in is one
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.60,0:09:24.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where embracing your light doesn't mean ignoring your dark.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.77,0:09:26.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The world I believe in is one where we're measured
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.85,0:09:31.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by our ability to overcome adversities, not avoid them.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.37,0:09:35.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The world I believe in is one where I can look someone in the eye
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.59,0:09:37.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and say, "I'm going through hell,"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.35,0:09:40.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they can look back at me and go, "Me too," and that's okay,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.93,0:09:44.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's okay because depression is okay. We're people.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.63,0:09:47.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're people, and we struggle and we suffer
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.06,0:09:49.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we bleed and we cry, and if you think that true strength
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.79,0:09:51.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,means never showing any weakness, then I'm here
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.91,0:09:55.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to tell you you're wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.16,0:09:59.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're wrong, because it's the opposite.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.05,0:10:01.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're people, and we have problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.74,0:10:03.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're not perfect, and that's okay.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.41,0:10:05.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we need to stop the ignorance,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.62,0:10:08.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stop the intolerance, stop the stigma,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.70,0:10:13.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and stop the silence, and we need to take away the taboos,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.27,0:10:17.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,take a look at the truth, and start talking,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.81,0:10:22.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the only way we're going to beat a problem
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.54,0:10:25.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that people are battling alone
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.87,0:10:29.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is by standing strong together,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.63,0:10:33.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by standing strong together.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.40,0:10:36.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I believe that we can.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.38,0:10:38.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe that we can. Thank you guys so much.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.30,0:10:40.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a dream come true. Thank you. (Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.70,0:10:42.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you. (Applause)