JD Schramm: Break the silence for suicide survivors

翻译人员: Bear Jin 校对人员: Zachary Lin Zhao

From all outward appearances,

从所有的表象上

John had everything going for him.

约翰是事事顺心的

He had just signed the contract

他刚刚签下了售出

to sell his New York apartment

他纽约住宅而带来

at a six-figure profit,

6位数利润的合同

and he'd only owned it for five years.

他只用了5年的时间就做到了

The school where he graduated from with his master's

他硕士毕业的学校

had just offered him a teaching appointment,

刚刚提供给他一个教书的职位

which meant not only a salary,

这代表的，不仅仅是工资，

but benefits for the first time in ages.

还有随之而来的各种福利。

And yet, despite everything going really well for John,

然而，尽管对于约翰来说事事顺心

he was struggling,

但是他却在挣扎

fighting addiction and a gripping depression.

与毒瘾和严重的抑郁症在战斗

On the night of June 11th, 2003,

2003年6月11日，夜

he climbed up to the edge

他跨过了

of the fence on the Manhattan Bridge

曼哈顿大桥边缘的围栏

and he leaped to the treacherous waters below.

跳进了下方危险的激流中

Remarkably --

不可思议般的--

no, miraculously --

不是，是奇迹般的 --

he lived.

他生还了。

The fall shattered his right arm,

坠落的力度粉碎了他的右臂

broke every rib that he had,

打断了他所有的肋骨

punctured his lung,

刺穿了他的肺部

and he drifted in and out of consciousness

当他的意识时有时无

as he drifted down the East River,

他顺流漂到东河

under the Brooklyn Bridge

直到布鲁克林大桥下

and out into the pathway of the Staten Island Ferry,

到了史泰登岛渡轮的入船口

where passengers on the ferry

渡轮上的乘客

heard his cries of pain,

听到了他痛苦的叫喊

contacted the boat's captain

报告了船长

who contacted the Coast Guard

船长报告了海岸巡逻队

who fished him out of the East River

巡逻队把他从东河打捞了起来

and took him to Bellevue Hospital.

并安置到了贝尔维医院

And that's actually where our story begins.

这事实上就是估计开始地方

Because once John committed himself

因为一旦约翰决心把自己

to putting his life back together --

拉回到原来的生活的时候 --

first physically, then emotionally,

起先生理上的，然后心理上的，

and then spiritually --

接着精神上的 --

he found that there were very few resources available

他发现只有极少的可用资源

to someone who has attempted to end their life

来帮助那些像他一样曾经尝试

in the way that he did.

自杀的人

Research shows

研究显示

that 19 out of 20 people

20个试图自杀的人中

who attempt suicide

有19个

will fail.

会失败

But the people who fail

但是失败的人

are 37 times more likely to succeed

有37倍的可能性

the second time.

第二次自杀成功

This truly is

不可否认

an at-risk population

这是一群高危人士

with very few resources to support them.

但却只有很少的资源去支撑他们

And what happens

当他们试着

when people try to assemble themselves back into life,

回到原有的生活的时候

because of our taboos around suicide,

因为我们的自杀所带来的禁忌

we're not sure what to say,

我们不确定应该说什么

and so quite often we say nothing.

很多时候我们选择沉默

And that furthers the isolation

未来像约翰这类人

that people like John found themselves in.

就会发现他们被孤立了

I know John's story very well

我十分了解约翰的故事

because I'm John.

因为我就是约翰

And this is, today,

今天

the first time in any sort of public setting

是我第一次

I've ever acknowledged

在公共场合

the journey that I have been on.

讲述我的经历

But after having lost a beloved teacher in 2006

但是2006年失去了一位敬爱的师长

and a good friend last year to suicide,

和去年自杀的好友之后

and sitting last year at TEDActive,

在目睹了去年TEDActive活动之后

I knew that I needed to step out of my silence

我认识到我需要打破我的沉默

and past my taboos

无视我的禁忌

to talk about an idea worth spreading --

讲述一个值得传播的想法

and that is that people

就是对于那些

who have made the difficult choice

作出困难选择的人来说

to come back to life

回到过去的生活

need more resources and need our help.

需要更多的资源以及我们的帮助

As the Trevor Project says, it gets better.

正如特雷弗项目所提倡的：一切都会好起来的

It gets way better.

会变得更好的

And I'm choosing to come out

今天我选择述说

of a totally different kind of closet today

一个完全不同的人生

to encourage you, to urge you,

来鼓励大家，来力劝大家

that if you are someone

如果你们中有谁

who has contemplated or attempted suicide,

正计划或者试图自杀

or you know somebody who has,

或者你知道有谁想的话

talk about it; get help.

说出来，寻求援助

It's a conversation worth having

这是一个值得讨论的话题

and an idea worth spreading.

也是一个值得传播的想法

Thank you.

谢谢

(Applause)

（掌声）