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I decided to veer a little of course from my typical reality tv spiel to discuss an HBO documentary that I watched called Boy Interrupted. This documentary was done by married filmmakers from NYC named Dana and Hart Perry. The movie documented their 15 year old son’s struggle with mental illness his entire life and his eventual suicide. In a weird twist, decades before Evan’s uncle, Scott Perry also committed suicide. The movie moved me. I could not believe how this family struggled, and that Evan even as a kindergartner discussed killing himself and even his family. I think that young people have suicidal thoughts and many people do not understand this and do something about it. Hopefully, this documentary will open more eyes to child hood mental illnesses.

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