""Mom, Dad, I Tried To Kill Myself."" ""Mom, dad, I tried to kill myself."" Jake says, ""I tried swallowing pills, slitting my wrists, and hanging myself but none of it worked. Look, I even wrote a suicide note."" He handed the note to his father who read it over and says, ""Son, I am devastated by this. This note is full of typos. Do you even pay attention in class?"" His mom grabs the note and cuts in, ""Now hun that's not important. What is important is that we build a strong family support system."" She crouched down to meet her son eye to eye and says, ""Jake, I want you to know that if you ever have suicidal thoughts again I want you to come straight to us. Your father has a gun.""