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JD Schramm: Break the silence for suicide attempt survivors
JD Schramm:打破自殺生還者的沈默
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即使我們生活表面上看起來很好，內心卻可能是一個安靜痛苦的世界，導致一些人作出自殺的決定。在TEDYou上，JD Schramm邀請大家打破自殺生還者和試圖自殺者周圍的沈默，并提供更多資源來幫助那些死里逃生的自殺生還者重拾他們的生活。
JD Schramm - Communicator
JD Schramm teaches future business leaders both the theoretical and practical aspects of communication. Full bio
JD Schramm teaches future business leaders both the theoretical and practical aspects of communication. Full bio
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From all outward appearances,
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從所有表面來看，
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John had everything going for him.
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John事事都很順利。
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He had just signed the contract
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他剛剛以六位數的利潤
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to sell his New York apartment
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簽售了他在紐約的公寓，
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at a six-figure profit,
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而他擁有呢套公寓
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and he'd only owned it for five years.
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只不過五年時間。
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The school where he graduated from with his master's
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他碩士畢業的學校
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had just offered him a teaching appointment,
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剛剛向他提供一份教書的職位，
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which meant not only a salary,
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呢個職位唔單只代表工資，
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but benefits for the first time in ages.
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更意味著多年以來第一次的福利。
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And yet, despite everything going really well for John,
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然而，儘管對於John來說事事順利，
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he was struggling,
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他依然處於掙扎之中，
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fighting addiction and a gripping depression.
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他在于毒癮和無法擺脫的抑鬱爭鬥。
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On the night of June 11th, 2003,
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2003年6月11日的夜晚，
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he climbed up to the edge
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他爬上了曼哈頓大橋
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of the fence on the Manhattan Bridge
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圍欄的邊緣，
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and he leaped to the treacherous waters below.
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縱身跳入橋下莫測的河水中。
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Remarkably --
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不可思議地 –
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no, miraculously --
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唔係，奇跡般地 –
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he lived.
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他生還了。
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The fall shattered his right arm,
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墜落導致他的右臂粉碎，
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broke every rib that he had,
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他的每條肋骨都斷了，
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punctured his lung,
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他的肺被刺穿，
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and he drifted in and out of consciousness
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他順著河流漂到東河時，
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as he drifted down the East River,
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時而清醒時而昏迷，
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under the Brooklyn Bridge
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他漂到了布魯克林大橋下，
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and out into the pathway of the Staten Island Ferry,
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到了史帝登島渡輪的入口，
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where passengers on the ferry
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在那里渡輪上的乘客
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heard his cries of pain,
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聽到他痛苦的叫聲，
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contacted the boat's captain
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報告了船長，
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who contacted the Coast Guard
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船長報告了海岸警衛隊，
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who fished him out of the East River
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海岸警衛隊把他從東河打撈上來
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and took him to Bellevue Hospital.
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并把他送到瞭貝爾維醫院。
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And that's actually where our story begins.
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事實上這才是故事的開始。
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Because once John committed himself
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因為一旦John承諾
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to putting his life back together --
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重新振作 –
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first physically, then emotionally,
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首先生理上，然後情緒上，
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and then spiritually --
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再到精神上 –
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he found that there were very few resources available
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他發現只有很少可用資源
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to someone who has attempted to end their life
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來幫助那些像他一樣曾經嘗試
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in the way that he did.
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以同樣的方式結束生命的人。
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Research shows
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研究發現
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that 19 out of 20 people
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20個試圖自殺的人中
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who attempt suicide
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有19人
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will fail.
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會失敗。
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But the people who fail
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但是這些失敗的人
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are 37 times more likely to succeed
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第二次自殺的成功機率
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the second time.
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是37倍。
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This truly is
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這確實是
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an at-risk population
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一群高危人群，
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with very few resources to support them.
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然而卻只有很少的資源去支持他們。
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And what happens
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對于那些
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when people try to assemble themselves back into life,
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試著回到原來的生活的人又是怎樣的情況？
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because of our taboos around suicide,
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因為我們對自殺的避忌，
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we're not sure what to say,
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我們不確定要說些什麼，
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and so quite often we say nothing.
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而很多時候我們什麼都沒有說。
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And that furthers the isolation
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因此這樣就更加
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that people like John found themselves in.
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令像John那樣的人覺得自己處於被孤立的狀態。
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I know John's story very well
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我非常了解John的故事
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because I'm John.
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因為我就是John。
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And this is, today,
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今天在這里，
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the first time in any sort of public setting
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是我每一次在公共場合
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I've ever acknowledged
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講述
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the journey that I have been on.
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我的經歷。
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But after having lost a beloved teacher in 2006
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然而在2006年失去一位敬愛的教師
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and a good friend last year to suicide,
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以及上一年因自殺而失去的好友之後，
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and sitting last year at TEDActive,
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在參加了上一年的TEDActive之後，
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I knew that I needed to step out of my silence
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我意識到自己需要站出來不再沈默，
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and past my taboos
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克服我的避忌
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to talk about an idea worth spreading --
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來講述一個值得傳播的思想 –
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and that is that people
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即是那些
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who have made the difficult choice
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作出艱難抉擇
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to come back to life
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決定重新開始的人來說，
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need more resources and need our help.
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他們需要更多的資源以及我們的幫助。
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As the Trevor Project says, it gets better.
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正如Trevor項目提倡的，一切都會好起來的。
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It gets way better.
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會變得更好的。
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And I'm choosing to come out
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今天我選擇站出來
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of a totally different kind of closet today
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述說一個完全不同的人生，
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to encourage you, to urge you,
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來鼓勵大家，力勸大家，
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that if you are someone
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如果你或者
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who has contemplated or attempted suicide,
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你身邊認識的人
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or you know somebody who has,
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考慮過或嘗試過自殺，
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talk about it; get help.
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請與人傾訴，尋求援助。
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It's a conversation worth having
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這是一個值得討論的話題，
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and an idea worth spreading.
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一個值得傳播的想法。
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Thank you.
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多谢。
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(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
JD Schramm - CommunicatorJD Schramm teaches future business leaders both the theoretical and practical aspects of communication.
Why you should listen
A seasoned communicator and entrepreneur, JD Schramm teaches the theoretical and practical aspects of effective communication as a lecturer in management at Stanford's Graduate School of Business. At Stanford, he has led the development and launch of the Mastery in Communication Initiative to help GSB students improve their mastery of speaking and writing.
He says: "I cultivate dreams in myself and others by building bridges, inspiring greatness, encouraging growth, and living passionately."
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