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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.11,0:00:04.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hi, I'm Tim Gunn and I have a very important message
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.03,0:00:08.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and questioning youth.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.11,0:00:14.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is it gets better. It really does. And you may be thinking, what does Tim Gunn understand
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.34,0:00:20.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about my anguish, about my despair, about how I'm feeling, about my particular time and place in the
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.12,0:00:23.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,world right now? Well, I'll share with you.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.13,0:00:28.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a seventeen year old youth who was in quite a bit of despair
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.09,0:00:38.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I attempted to kill myself and I'm very happy today that attempt was unsuccessful but at the time it
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.39,0:00:43.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was all that I could contemplate. I thought, "I need to end things right now." And, I have to tell you
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.72,0:00:48.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I woke up the next morning after taking more than a hundred pills, I was in a whole other level
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.66,0:00:55.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of despair. I thought, "I shouldn't be here! This isn't what was meant to be." I frankly just wanted
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.43,0:01:01.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to start life all over again. There are people who can help you. You cannot do this alone. That's another
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.52,0:01:08.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very profound message that I want to give to all of you. It really requires a collaboration between you
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.09,0:01:14.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the people who love you, the people who you can depend upon, no matter who they are as mentors.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.62,0:01:18.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In my case it took a very serious intervention to help me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.26,0:01:22.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was a result of the botched suicide attempt to be blunt.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.79,0:01:26.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am a huge advocate for the Trevor Project.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.30,0:01:29.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Trevor Project is a suicide prevention
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.06,0:01:36.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hotline for GLBT and Questioning youth. And please visit their website, thetrevorproject.org.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.19,0:01:41.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And seek them out. Your identity will be protected.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.09,0:01:44.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't have to worry about getting parents involved if you're
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.48,0:01:45.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so inclined.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.96,0:01:48.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I understand the desperation.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.45,0:01:54.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I understand the despair, and I understand how isolated you
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.39,0:02:02.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can feel. And, you have a lot of...uh, get very emotional...people really care about you and I am included
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.84,0:02:04.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in that group.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.01,0:02:05.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So reach out, get help.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.85,0:02:09.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're not alone. It will get better! I promise.