Tangent #105: Mental Health, Depression, and Suicide

For urgent help: ⁠https://988lifeline.org/⁠To take the depression self-assessment: ⁠https://www.mdcalc.com/calc/1725/phq9-patient-health-questionnaire9⁠Jack and Ben share their experiences with depression, from the perspective of an outsider observer feeling the effects afterward and from someone experiencing it. Ben compares depression to drowning as a deadly event that can happen in front of witnesses without them noticing. They discuss how to train yourself like a lifeguard to spot the indicators so you can intervene.