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Brett A. Scudder-President, Chairman, CEO
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Founder @SISFI @SuicideInstitut @SuicideCouncil @CrisisLifeline @Suicide_Network #Humanitarian #ChiefHappinessOfficer #Entrepreneur #Suicide Attempt Survivor
NYC, NY, USA
Joined March 2009
Change how we think of #suicide by understanding experiences of pain (physical/psychological) #trauma that changes/disrupts persons mood, behaviors, appetite, desires, perceptions, realities. We humanize pain @SISFI @ASuicidalMind @Suicideinstitut @SuicideCouncil 🫶 #IAmBrettless
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#GaryOldman in #SlowHorses @AppleTV is pur brilliance and truly fulfilling. Found it by accident and binged since yesterday and loving it. Gary does an incredible job in his role. Great spy suspense thriller 👌 Went straight through season one and now in two. #IAmBrettless
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Humbled to attend today's Statewide Town Hall held by @NYSomh executive leadership in #Albany. Commissioner Ann Sullivan laid out OMH plans to address #MentalHealth across the state and more investments in peer services, psychiatric beds, community-based services, new partnerships to increase services, new certifications to join behavioral services across healthcare systems, and many more great initiatives. I testified about the real hard realities people like me who are living with life-threatening health, mental health, physical pains, psychological despair, and how we are going into healthcare systems and coming out worse than went in and there's no oversight on quality of services in improving lives of people. I talked about the failures in these health systems that pushes people deeper in despair and pain and if I killed myself from the exacerbated pain everyone would say how many great services are available and I should have sought help because it is available. I'm in pain 24/7 from head to bottom of my feet from various health challenges. Seeking healthcare services shouldn't be hard, strenuous, or painful when already in pain and struggling with #suicide ideations to end suffering. I fear the healthcare systems more than my suicide thoughts and dying. I'm very happy my testimony touched many people and sparked a real conversation about dire need to assess quality of care in mental health systems. Looking forward to follow-up conversations about it and hard genuine truths from people with living experience expertise and our critical life saving work @SISFI @SuicideInstitut @SISFI_ASFARWC @Suicide_Center @CrisisLifeline @SchenCrisisCntr. #IAmBrettless #OneLove
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Intriguing how payment services like @zip_usa @Klarna @Affirm are changing ways we spend, save, and manage money/finances and using less credit cards avoinding credit score impacts. Payment options are more realistic for many people managing very tight budgets and easy approvals. #IAmBrettless
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@Kurtfishers @Amtrak Hi @Kurtfishers, how are You? Thank You for sharing that and the recommendation. Duly noted and will check her out. Very happy you found something that worked and got rid of your #anxiety. Wish we could get same results for many experiencing it. Keep pushing through. #OneLove
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Greetings @AsmSantabarbara, how are You? Please give us a call at 917.651.1889 regarding urgent matter we need your help with, please. Thank You. Looking forward to talking with you. #OneLove
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G'day @POTUS @VP @StateDept @RepMikeTurner @SenSchumer @GillibrandNY @MarkWarner @SenMarcoRubio @AOC, how are You? My mother-in-law from The Bronx is stuck in #Isreal due to the conflicts and we have been trying tirelessly to get her home to the US by going through proper channels stated by the #USStateDepartment. She has serous health issues and not enough medication to last over this lengthy process. We received attached communication from the State Department about getting her out of Isreal and taking her to another country where she will then have to find her way back to the US. Email also mentions repaying the cost of getting her out of Isreal. Really, repaying? Is this how the US is handles evacuation of American citizens safely in times of conflicts/crisis? G'day Congressman @JamaalBowmanNY, we live in your district and need your help urgently with this, please. We can't believe that this is really how the State Department handles evacuation of American citizens. Truly unbelievable and unsettling. What can be done to get her home safely? We need HELP, urgently. Thank You. #IsrealPalestineConflict #IsrealUnderAttack
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Good day beautiful people, How are You? Humbled/elated to present "20 Basic Non-Clinical Life Experiences and Reasons Males Attempt and Complete #Suicide than Females" at today's virtual #NYC @SuicideCouncil as we focus on the challenges, stressors, and struggles of males and how to support them meaningfully and effectively. We already know the CDC’s Suicide Report paints a startling reality of the facts and as we prepare for the upcoming Winter season, we must ensure males know there are resources, support, and services to help them through various challenges. Join online here Please share to raise awareness and get the word out. See you there. #NYCSuicideCouncil #SuicideAwareness #SuicidePrevention #IAmBrettless #SuicideAttemptSurvivor #SISFI #CrisisResponse #OneLove
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WoW. Very serious and heavy rain clouds over #Albany on our way up. Looks like a scene from an apocalyptic movie where either tornado our alien ship is about to break out from it 😱 Need to get off the road before clouds open up and drop serious rain. #IAmBrettless
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Dear @POTUS @VP, how are You? Calling on you to address the decadent and unjust modern day enslavement system of Credit that's keeping poor people shackled, enslaved, victimized, traumatized, revictimized, retraumatized in cycle of unending unfair debt ratio/injustice. Why do people have to experience punishment for years due to late payments while our socioeconomic status/structure is biased, broken, old, and unfair. Wr are much more than our credit score, and so much more about us than what the numbers represents. Hardworking Americans can't afford basic quality of life and credit systems are suffocating life and sanity out of us with high interest rates, lengthy block from new credit opportunities. It's time for madness to end and meaningful realistic changes to release financial shackles so people can surviving this highly volatile, prejudiced, hostile, bias social construct. We look forward to your leadership of this reform. #ReformAmericasUnjustCreditSystems #IAmBrettless
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Hi NevinBruce, how are You? Traveling on @Amtrak along Hudson River and service is terribly depressing. Will message you when I'm home later and have service to really troubleshoot this with you guys. This is truly unsettling and unacceptable. It's hurting our clientele deeply when we are inaccessible. Will follow-up shortly. Thank You.
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Really intrigued by conversations of concerns among NYers that English will soon be the second language in the USA as our diversity and wholehearted support for people in crisis is both humane and altruistic while threatening foundation of country's primary language and sacrificing it for cultural divesity. I'm learning additional languages to keep up with the rich and vast cultural diversity of #NYC #NYS. We are all one people. #IAmBrettless #OneLove
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G'day @TMobile @TMobileHelp, how are You? Traveling across New York State and still having sporadic service issues especially along Hudson River from #NYC to Upstate. Can't answer calls @SISFI @CrisisLifeline in fear of call dropping in most of deescalating acutr #suicide crisis 🤦♂️ What's going on? Any update on ticket for us? Was told someone would have gotten back to us on Monday but haven't heard from anyone. This is a very serious operational and financial loss for weeks and still no solution. Please advise and/or contact me via phone, please. Need services while mobile. Thank You.
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Hi @TMobile @TMobileHelp, how are You? Can you please, please, please, improve signal quality along Hudson River so when @Amtrak from #NYC to #Albany & upstate we can have GOOD RELIABLE signal? Unacceptable that route has terrible sporadic data & voice services 🤔 #IAmBrettless
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G'day Senators @NeilBreslin46 @JamesTedisco, Assembly @AsmSantabarbara @MBWalsh112, Mayor @SchdyCityHall @schenectady_s @schdypolice @CBS6Albany @SchdyCountyNY, join/support #WorldSuicidePreventionDay2023 in Glenville @SISFI @SuicideInstitut @Suicide_Center @SchenCrisisCntr🙏
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Apprecilove You @AsmSantabarbara for invite/opportunity to talk about #suicide, rising numbers, breaking stigmas, and my living experiences and work @SISFI @SuicideInstitut @SchenCrisisCntr on your TV show. If we don't talk, we won't break stigmas, myths, taboo, and discomforts.
🎙️ On this week’s Assembly Update, I sat down with @BrettAScudder, Suicide Attempt Survivor & President/CEO of SISFI. His insights on #SuicidePrevention for #NationalSuicidePreventionMonth were truly inspiring. 📺 Tune in to my “Assembly Update" show starting at 11AM and 6PM, Monday to Friday, on Open Stage Media @atProctors. 🕚 Watch on Spectrum CH 1303 or Verizon Fios CH 38. Catch the episode On-Demand at if you miss the live broadcast. 🎥✨ Let's keep the conversation going and help raise awareness. #MentalHealthMatters #TogetherWeHeal
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