Former MLB player Drew Robinson has spent the past few years sharing details of his high-profile suicide attempt. The public speaker recently provided a startling reminder that challenges always remain, and says some of his best speeches are to himself.
. He kept his feelings bottled up when he was growing up, too, shielding his torment from friends, family, and even the therapists he paid to help save him.It’s a tough feeling to shake, even now. Robinson, 31, spent the past few years sharing details of his high-profile suicide attempt. He’s a sought-after public speaker who works as a mental health consultant for theBut Robinson recently provided a startling reminder that challenges remain.
It’s hard for me to share my journey without sharing all of it. The last thing I want to do is portray that everything is or can be perfect, or that I feel healed or under control 100% of the time.Only with that unburdening was it possible to understand the depth of Robinson’s words just weeks earlier. On May 1, he stood before a packed house at a fundraising event for the Child Mind Institute, an independent nonprofit that provides mental health services to millions of families each year.
The details of his survival remain staggering. Four days short of his 28th birthday, Robinson sat on the couch of his Las Vegas home and fired a 9mm round into his right temple. He somehow lived more than 20 hours before calling 911.Robinson remembers regaining consciousness after one of his operations and, in an instant, feeling compelled to take on a new mission. He wanted to prevent others from reaching the brink.
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