Positive Psychology: Harnessing the Power of Happiness with Rob Mack

So that meant you had 13 year olds the first time in a long time . Uh , not only thinking about killing themselves but actually killing themselves . Right .

Positive Psychology: Harnessing the Power of Happiness with Rob Mack

But that wasn't the case . It just got worse and worse until it got so bad that I was thinking about suicide and killing myself dozens and dozens of times a day . I thought about it more than anything else in the world .

Positive Psychology: Harnessing the Power of Happiness with Rob Mack

I mean , you know , you've said , hey , how about you ? Go through the suicidal experience and then you work at it for , you know , I would say no , oh my gosh . Heck no .

Positive Psychology: Harnessing the Power of Happiness with Rob Mack

Yeah . And I wonder just how many people and maybe you can share kind of what your experience has been is how many people in the world have considered suicide at some point in their life . I think it's probably much more common than we believe it to be because it's not something that people share .

Positive Psychology: Harnessing the Power of Happiness with Rob Mack

It's an incredible gift . You know , I don't think anything has given me the clarity , the insight , the purpose and the passion that my unhappiness , depression and suicidal ideation has . Um It's unbelievable .