Troy's Story : Removing the Stigma about Discussing Suicide
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Saprina Schueller |
TEDxCoeurdalene
• January 2020
On March 21, 2018 beloved high school principal, Troy Schueller, unexpectedly committed suicide. In the hopes of removing the stigma surrounding suicide and to open up the conversation about mental health, Troy's family decided to share his story through a social media campaign by creating the web site troysstory.com. After 85,000 people visited the site within 48 hours, the family continues to promote social and cultural changes surrounding the issues that led to his death.