Tim Ferriss
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And it was like a weird... interaction.
I couldn't quite figure it out, but I was like, you know what?
I'll tell you what, let's chat afterwards.
You can think about it for a bit.
I'll sign it afterwards.
And then I went on and interacted with everybody else.
And then as I was walking back to the elevator to leave, he joined me and he was like, yeah, I'm really sorry I froze, but my brother killed himself.
And my mom has kept his room exactly as it was.
And he was such a huge fan of yours.
And I just wasn't sure what to put in the book.
And ended up signing the book.
I gave it to him and he's like, have you ever thought about talking about anything related to mental health?
He's like, because my brother listened to you.
And I was like, fuck.
Okay.
And it took me months.
I was not committed to publishing it, but I spent months working on this piece, Some Practical Thoughts on Suicide.
And then, like, my parents didn't really know, right?
Because I'd lied.
Family didn't know.