I also work tirelessly to read about ways to connect better with people on an interpersonal level as well as how to be a better public speaker. I have a Google alert, I read the newest edition of bipolar for dummies every time it comes out, and I gave the book “ Loving somebody with Bipolar Disorder” to my family members who understand me a lot better now. I educate myself everyday (this is one of most important things on my list) about the newest findings and treatments on bipolar disorder. Shallow and shortened breathing leads to lessened brain function, so breathing helps with balance. I also breathe before I’m about to engage in public speaking…people don’t know this about me but I have a hard time with crowds. I also do a breathing technique and take 30 breaths in morning, 30 breaths in the afternoon and 30 breaths at night. I take medications with 100% accuracy everyday at the same time because it keeps the routine. Inflammatory foods significantly affect brain patterns, brain waves, and brain functions, so I eat healthy foods most days for most meals. I eat mostly non-inflammatory foods that don’t inflame my brain so my mental health struggles are decreased. Kevin Hines: I exercise everyday, mostly twice a day, because 23 mins of exercise leads to 12 hours of better moods. If you could please share more for the students reading this. The Shrink Space: We’d love to hear more about your recovery process and what you’ve found most helpful in healing from the attempt as well as other trauma you’ve experienced and what we imagine continues to be an everyday process. I might get a wonderful chance to go and watch them build a part of the net in their factories where they’re constructing it and… I know I’m going to cry. That message, more so than the net going up, is what is going to change things because the GGB literally will be the brightest, largest and most beautiful beacon for suicide prevention around the world. It also goes to show you that any small group of like-minded people with a positive cause can do anything they want for change around the world if they just are persistent, direct, determined, driven and dedicated. Now they’re finally building the net every day from 9pm to 5am and the completion is estimated by January 2021. It’s a very proud moment for all of us to see that not one more beautiful soul will be lost on GGB. The board members at the golden gate highway and transportation district have changed over the past 12.5 years and they’ve become more adept at understanding mental health and recognized that they had to do this now before there was an outrage. the aesthetics of the bridge or took the argument that people will just go somewhere else, which we disproved every day of the week but nobody was listening at first. It was a great, long, hard, difficult journey to get to a successful place because we had such animosity towards our fight. For my father and I, it’s been a 12.5 year journey where we’ve fought very hard, but there have been people who have been a part of this fight for 30 plus years. The pushback on this initially was immense and unrelenting. My father, after I attempted, founded the organization Bride Rail Foundation (and their sole purpose then was to raise a net or rail around the bridge to stop the suicides indefinitely. Kevin Hines: Well, I will say it took a lot of people, a lot of hard work and a lot of effort from a huge coalition of individuals around the world. We would love to hear about that process for you and how you’ve come to make that happen. It’s been far too long that there hasn’t been a net and so many lives could have been saved. The ongoing project looks like it will be completed in the next couple of years, which is remarkable. The Shrink Space: You’ve done some awesome advocacy work getting the net put up around the bridge. He also offers his advice and daily tips for managing “brain pain” and mental health issues. Here he shares his work to help erect a net around the Golden Gate Bridge as a symbol of suicide prevention. Read on for the second half our conversation with Kevin. This is the sequel to our post in September when we interviewed Kevin Hines. As a result of Kevin and his team’s advocacy efforts, a barrier net is being placed along the Golden Gate Bridge in 2021. Suicide is the number two cause of death for 10-34 year olds. Kevin Hines is a suicide prevention advocate who survived an attempt off the Golden Gate Bridge at the age of 19.
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