Remembering Jacob. Mental Health Awareness Table Talk. Being the Voice for Those Who Can't.

Today was a very special day. I was able to finally meet my friend Mr. Rhett and his wife after months of doing the 25 day Push-up Challenge for Mental Health Awareness. It was a time for us to come together in remembering Jacob, Mr. Rhett and Mrs. Malina son.
You can begin to heal when you come together to remember your loved ones. Especially in times of great tragedy. My Mom made plans to set aside time during our visit for a Mental Health Awareness Table Talk to remember Jacob. We all as friends want to come together to help be a voice for those who can't.
Read below for a message from a parents broken heart. Link to Jacob's UA-cam channel and his songs are also provided below.
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So often we wake up each day focused on the tasks that are planned, what we might have for lunch, what to do with the few spare hours of the night before we head back to bed and start again. We think about vacations, we yell at people that cut us off while driving and plan our career goals to get that next pay raise. I am sure that little time, if any, is spent considering how we might deal with the loss of a family member or a loved one. We might be fortunate enough to spend some time with them on their death bed, preparing to send them off in love. The sting of death is truly felt when that loved one is taken without notice. Ripped from our lives and gone without a goodbye. Even worse are those children stolen in death from their parents, a true nightmare that can only be understood by others that have experienced the same.
Our son Jacob is gone, our world torn apart, never to be the same. An emptiness that will not be removed. It is difficult for us to understand how a person with so much love, so much care and so much giving could also be terrorized by his own demons. A life of suffering at the hands of mental illness. Perhaps his suffering enhanced his empathy with others, a deeper understanding of the hidden ways that people experience their own pain. His pain was deep, an anguish that he wished to escape from. His death provided him with peace from the demons but infused a lasting pain for those he left behind. He apologized to those he most cared for by leaving behind some handwritten words, his last expression of love. We feel joy in knowing that he has found peace but we suffer pain with his absence. We yearn for our reunion with him at the pearly gates of heaven. We will see you soon Jacob, we love you, we miss you.
Jacob went to be with the Lord on March 2nd, 2020. Hours earlier he had been released by the hospital after only seven hours. He was brought in by New York State’s Crisis Services team and then evaluated. He was released after the doctors had asked him if he was okay. These doctors, trained in psychosis and manic depression, allowed a person to leave the hospital based upon their own misguided words. It doesn’t make any sense! At the scene of his death, Jacob had written a note to the doctors telling them that he had lied, he was done trying to get help and they chose to ignore the signs. Several days prior to his hospital visit he had been asking his counselors, his doctors and those who knew of his condition for more help, knowing that he needed to be admitted to a long term facility. He was aware of his suicidal thoughts and wanted real care. He was met with only words, being told to use journaling and other techniques to work through it. He needed more help but it was not given. After his death and upon our attempts to take legal action against these institutions we learned that the professionals are protected. They made his records almost impossible to get to, yet we fought to get them. The records revealed his need for full time care. He did not get the help he needed and now he is gone. Another statistic lost to a system of uncaring bureaucrats. This must change!
There are 60 million bipolar patients in the world, half of them will attempt suicide and 8% to 19% are successful in their attempt. The risk of suicide death is 10-30 times higher for bipolar patients than that of the general population. We hope that you will join with us in battling mental health issues. Find a way to get involved and work towards a real change. Thank you.
Rhett Falkner
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Who’s Jacob

[@masonberry5840]

Jacob is my friend Mr. Rhett's son, who was suffering from mental health issues. He was trying to get help up in New York and the Doctor's wouldn't listen to him. One day he checked himself into the hospital and told the doctor's he wanted to kill himself. After staying in the hospital for 7 hrs. the doctor's released him. He committed suicide later that night. Jacob tried to get the doctor's to help him and they didn't listen to him!!!!

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why did only one person reply here?
u have so many sibscrbers