The Promise | Official promo - video Dailymotion

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Following Craig Hamilton's remarkable story of overcoming depression and suicidal thoughts. Green Frog Productions presents a film by Jye Currie.   Lifeline - 13 11 14 Call Lifeline 24/7 for crisis support and suicide prevention services. Text support is also available on 0477 13 11 14.

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00:00 (dramatic music)

00:02 - Looking at the hottest weather now,

00:03 sunny with light winds, Newcastle 24 degrees.

00:06 You're up to date with ABC News.

00:09 - Well, if you've been listening to ABC,

00:13 you'd have to remember a bloke

00:14 by the name of Craig Hamilton.

00:16 He's been touring Australia talking about suicide.

00:19 - The life I lived before 2000

00:24 compared to the life I live now,

00:26 it's like it's two different people.

00:29 I was suicidal.

00:31 - Eight Australians die every day by suicide.

00:37 - There's more conversations and awareness

00:39 and education around mental health and suicide

00:41 than there ever has been.

00:42 Yet we're dying more than ever.

00:44 - Loneliness, social isolation is huge.

00:51 People are craving for connection,

00:53 craving for that, being human.

00:59 - This is what we haven't done.

01:00 We've danced around mental illness and depression,

01:04 but we've never really articulated

01:08 that the worst possible outcome

01:11 is when someone takes their life.

01:12 - He's someone that we probably wouldn't think

01:16 it happened to.

01:17 That's one of the fallacies with it.

01:18 We think these guys are so strong

01:20 and it wouldn't happen to them,

01:22 but that's not the case at all.

01:23 - I think if we all shifted our attitudes

01:27 and we shifted the culture around mental health,

01:29 we could be intervening before it's at that crisis point.

01:33 - When someone asks for help,

01:35 it is the bravest and the hardest thing they will ever do.

01:40 - Sometimes having a conversation,

01:42 being able to speak about it, is all it takes.

01:46 - One conversation can change a life.

01:51 One conversation can save a life.

01:55 - I'm Craig Hamilton, and today I make the promise.

02:00 (gentle music)

02:03 (gentle music)

02:05 (gentle music)

02:08 (gentle music)

02:11 (gentle music)

02:13 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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