““If you hurt your knee, you wouldn’t wait until you couldn’t walk before seeking help. You’d ice the joint, elevate it, skip your workouts—and then, if you didn’t see any improvement after a couple of days, you’d make an appointment with an orthopedist. Unfortunately, most people don’t turn to a mental health professional for help until they’re in real crisis. Nobody expects to heal their knees themselves, using self-discipline and gumption. Because of stigma, though, we do expect to be able to think our way out of the pain in our minds.””
![“[Dylan's friend] Zack's girlfriend, Devon, made a book for us… There was Dylan--grinning while pushing Zack's dad into the pool; sporting a Hawaiian shirt and a bunch of leis at a costume party Devon had thrown; clowning around with Zack and making a hokey thumbs-up sign for the camera. I spent…” quote by Sue Klebold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/68f/sue-klebold-31823_books_dylan-s-friend-zack-s-girlfriend-devon-m_286315.jpg)
