Hines remembers having received an unexpected text message from his brother, saying: “I’m sorry, I love you.” At the time, he thought it was intended for someone else. After the death of his brother, Hines experienced anger, guilt and depression – the lover to contemplate suicide himself in 2018.
“I looked for something online – ironically, how to die without pain,” said Hines. “Something that appeared immediately was to give you three days.”
These three days saved his life.
With the support of therapy and a solid foundation of faith, Hines has overcome its depression. He then started My brother’s goalkeeper cares. As president and founder of the organization, Hines focuses on promoting mental health and suicide prevention. Thanks to initiatives of faith, community collaborations, art therapy, mentoring, education, fitness programs and advice, MBK Cares strives to allow the mental well-being of young people and to build stronger communities.
The need for such efforts is obvious. A December report of the unloaded project entitled “Trigger“Cites an increase in firearm suicides among young people.
The report notes that 45% of respondents of generation Z live in houses with firearms and 30% have experienced armed violence. Mental health has also been raised among the concerns Gen ZWith 45% of those interviewed causing their mental health and 55% among those who have undergone armed violence. In addition, more than a third of women and girls interviewed Gen Z say they are likely to obtain a firearm in the future.
Desmond Patton, Professor and Director of the University Brian and Randi Schwartz, Safelab at the University of Pennsylvania, thinks that more young people speak openly mental health, especially on social networks. “I have been a researcher for almost 15 years now, and I think the biggest jump has been the desire to speak even and to be vulnerable to mental health,” said Patton. “I think social media play a role in the ability to communicate, but also tells us that young people feel comfortable talking to a digital space, more than speaking, for example, of a clinician.”