JD Schramm: Break the silence for suicide survivors

Translator: Ares Mata Reviewer: Cristina Domínguez Roca

From all outward appearances,

Vist des de fora,

John had everything going for him.

semblava que en John tenia la sort a favor.

He had just signed the contract

Acabava de signar un contracte

to sell his New York apartment

per a vendre el seu apartament de Nova York,

at a six-figure profit,

del qual només havia estat propietari durant cinc anys.

and he'd only owned it for five years.

Això suposava un benefici de sis xifres.

The school where he graduated from with his master's

La universitat on va obtenir el màster

had just offered him a teaching appointment,

li va oferir feina de professor,

which meant not only a salary,

cosa que no només significava un sou,

but benefits for the first time in ages.

sino beneficis per primer cop en anys.

And yet, despite everything going really well for John,

I tot i que les coses li anaven bé,

he was struggling,

es trobava en plena lluita,

fighting addiction and a gripping depression.

una lluita contra l'addicció i una profunda depressió.

On the night of June 11th, 2003,

La nit de l'11 de juny de 2003,

he climbed up to the edge

va pujar a la barana

of the fence on the Manhattan Bridge

del pont de Manhattan

and he leaped to the treacherous waters below.

i va saltar a les aigües traïdores.

Remarkably --

Extraordinàriament,

no, miraculously --

no, miraculosament,

he lived.

va sobreviure.

The fall shattered his right arm,

La caiguda li va destrossar el braç dret,

broke every rib that he had,

li va trencar totes les costelles,

punctured his lung,

li va perforar un pulmó,

and he drifted in and out of consciousness

i perdia i recuperava la consciència

as he drifted down the East River,

mentre anava a la deriva per l'East River,

under the Brooklyn Bridge

sota el pont de Brooklyn,

and out into the pathway of the Staten Island Ferry,

fins que va sortir a la via del transbordador de Staten Island,

where passengers on the ferry

on els passatgers

heard his cries of pain,

en escoltar els seus crits de dolor,

contacted the boat's captain

van contactar el capità del vaixell,

who contacted the Coast Guard

que va trucar la guàrdia costera,

who fished him out of the East River

que el va pescar de l'East River

and took him to Bellevue Hospital.

i el va dur a l'Hospital de Bellevue.

And that's actually where our story begins.

Aquí comença realment la nostra història.

Because once John committed himself

Quan en John es va comprometre

to putting his life back together --

a recompondre la seva vida,

first physically, then emotionally,

físicament, emocionalment

and then spiritually --

i espiritualment,

he found that there were very few resources available

va descobrir que hi havia molt pocs recursos disponibles

to someone who has attempted to end their life

per a algú que havia intentat abandonar la vida,

in the way that he did.

com ell havia fet.

Research shows

Algunes investigacions demostren

that 19 out of 20 people

que 19 de cada 20 persones

who attempt suicide

que intenten suïcidar-se

will fail.

fracassaran.

But the people who fail

Però que els que fracassen,

are 37 times more likely to succeed

tenen 37 vegades més probabilitats

the second time.

d'aconseguir-ho la segona vegada.

This truly is

Aquests són, realment,

an at-risk population

la població de risc.

with very few resources to support them.

Tenen molt pocs recursos de suport.

And what happens

I el que passa és que

when people try to assemble themselves back into life,

quan intenten reprendre les seves vides,

because of our taboos around suicide,

a causa dels tabús del suïcidi,

we're not sure what to say,

nosaltres no sabem què dir,

and so quite often we say nothing.

així que sovint no diem res.

And that furthers the isolation

I això fomenta l'aïllament

that people like John found themselves in.

en què es troba la gent com en John.

I know John's story very well

Conec molt bé la història d'en John,

because I'm John.

perquè jo sóc en John.

And this is, today,

I aquesta vegada, avui,

the first time in any sort of public setting

és el primer cop que, de manera pública,

I've ever acknowledged

reconec

the journey that I have been on.

el camí que he hagut de recórrer.

But after having lost a beloved teacher in 2006

Però desprès d'haver perdut un professor molt estimat el 2006

and a good friend last year to suicide,

i un bon amic l'any passat, a causa del suïcidi,

and sitting last year at TEDActive,

havent participat l'any passat al TEDActive,

I knew that I needed to step out of my silence

vaig saber que havia de trencar el silenci,

and past my taboos

superar els tabús,

to talk about an idea worth spreading --

i parlar d'una idea que val la pena difondre,

and that is that people

i és que les persones

who have made the difficult choice

que han pres la difícil decisió

to come back to life

de tornar a viure,

need more resources and need our help.

necessiten més recursos i el nostre ajut.

As the Trevor Project says, it gets better.

Com diu el Projecte Trevor, la cosa millora.

It gets way better.

Millora molt.

And I'm choosing to come out

I avui he escollit

of a totally different kind of closet today

sortir d'un armari totalment diferent,

to encourage you, to urge you,

per a instar-vos, per a encoratjar-vos

that if you are someone

que si cap vegada

who has contemplated or attempted suicide,

heu pensat o intentat suïcidar-vos,

or you know somebody who has,

o coneixeu algú en aquesta situació,

talk about it; get help.

parleu, busqueu ajuda.

It's a conversation worth having

És una conversa que val la pena tenir

and an idea worth spreading.

i una idea que val la pena difondre.

Thank you.

Gràcies.

(Applause)

(Aplaudiments)