Rory O'Connor

Bryony Gordon's Mad World

The Telegraph

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Content warning: This episode contains discussion of suicide

Professor Rory O'Connor has dedicated himself to research into suicide and suicide prevention for over 25 years, and his new book, When It Is Darkest, aims to untangle the complex reasons why people take their own lives.

He joins Bryony on Mad World to dispel unhelpful myths, give practical advice to both those suffering and their loved ones, and to talk candidly about the painful reality of losing a friend to suicide as an expert on the subject.

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When It Is Darkest by Rory O'Connor: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/112/1120269/when-it-is-darkest/9781785043437.html |

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0:00.0	The Telegraph.
0:03.2	Podcasts.
0:09.4	Let's take this moment by moment.
0:11.4	Let's just get through the next minute.
0:13.6	And the next minute and the next minute.
0:15.4	And at the minute you think your suicide of thoughts
0:17.4	and you're so unworthy and sort of burdened,
0:19.8	they will dissipate and they will disappear over time.
0:23.4	Things do get better.
0:24.6	Please reach out for help.
0:26.8	Here on Mad World, we make a point of talking not just to well-known faces,
0:34.4	but also to professionals working in the mental health field.
0:38.0	My guest this week has dedicated over 25 years to suicide prevention research.
0:44.0	He's also been bereaved by suicide twice himself,
0:47.1	and you may have seen him recently on Roman Kemp's powerful documentary
0:50.4	for the BBC on this subject.
0:52.8	His new book, When Is His Darkest,
0:55.1	looks at the complex reasons behind suicide
0:58.1	and just spells many unhelpful myths.
1:00.9	His name is Professor Rory O'Connor,
1:03.9	and for anyone trying to help someone vulnerable right now
1:06.6	or anyone feeling vulnerable themselves,
	...

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