stacy torres is a sociology professor from ucsf who recently wrote an op-ed entitled, no, i'm not fineand neither are millions of americans, about the need for more funding for suicide prevention efforts. stacy joins us now by skype from new york, where she's traveling. stacy, thank you for joining us. as i mentioned a moment ago, you struggled with suicidal thoughts for many years. would you tell us about your experiences? >> thank you so much. yes, like you, when i was a young woman in college, i also struggled with feelings of hopelessness and depression and isolation, and eventually, those feelings turned into ideas about suicide, and how that might be an escape from the mental pain i was experiencing at the time. >> and how did you get help? how did you move through that time? >> well, it was very difficult. i had a lot of family responsibilities following the death of my mother, and so i was caregiving for my three younger sisters, and i was a commuter student in college. and so i didn't really have a wide social circle. and so the person that i was able to confide in and really