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A true story of a young man, Justin Paulsen's battle between the choice of life and death by suicide and the struggle of | dG1fOGE0VDdrYTd6RkU
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00:00Come on, Debra. Have a seat.
00:02Is everything okay?
00:05We got a call from the school counselor.
00:07It's about Justin.
00:13Justin got sent home from school today because he told some of his friends that he wanted to kill himself.
00:19It was a joke, okay? Like, it was blown up. They didn't take it. I didn't mean it. I don't...
00:24Yeah, well, I don't get it either. It's not funny.
00:27I just adopted Tabitha and you want to fire me?
00:31Cameron, you need to understand that this was the board's decision.
00:35Herb, where's the board?
00:38I want to start a church. I want to call it Waymaker. One who makes a way.
00:44I heard this podcast that said our body sends a message to our brain 30 seconds before we talk.
00:50Hey, what is going on with you, Justin? Do you want to die?
00:54I believe your son Justin is suffering from suicidal obsessive compulsive disorder.
01:01It's a form of OCD that invites unwelcome thoughts related to one killing oneself.
01:07Your family is going to have to be prepared for this.
01:14You know how I know the difference between what God's saying and what my gut's trying to tell me?
01:19One is usually saying, stay and obey.
01:21And the other is telling me to run and hide.
01:23You know he needs to be prepared for this.
01:38Sarah herself, like, where are you?
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