Transcriptions:

Transcription: (8:00 Minutes): Cyberbully-Movie

Taylor: Hey Scott

Scott: Hey
Taylor: Hey, I know I haven’t talked to you in a while..um.. I was just wondering if we were still
going to the dance tonight?
Scott: Um..Listen, Taylor. My mom pissed me off last night and said I have to go with Marnie
Fox. Her mom’s best friends with my mom and...yeah.
Taylor: So you’re taking Marnie?
Scott: I’m sorry it’s not exactly my choice but.. I don’t know what else to do.
Taylor: Okay..
Scott: Just..

Taylor runs to the bathroom.

Lindsay: Aww.. she’s crying. She must’ve seen the video.

Lindsay’s Friend: Everyone’s seen it… 500 views last time I checked.
Lindsay: You guys have all seen it right?... Hysterical.
Taylor: What video?

Taylor is leaving the school.

Taylor: *watches video*

*hysterically crying*
Taylor: I’m the real Taylor Hillridge.. and I don’t know why everybody hates me so much..but Commented [1]: hates me so much
maybe I do because now I hate me too... right now I really don’t see the reason for trying, or for Commented [2]: I hate me too
talking, or for breathing...I’m just done… so that’s it I guess..bye.
Commented [3]: reason for trying
Samantha: Pick up the phone Taylor.. Pick up the phone Taylor! Taylor!
Commented [4]: for talking
*calls Taylor’s mom*
Kris: This is Kris. Commented [5]: for breathing
Samantha: This is Samantha...I think something’s wrong with Taylor..She posted a video online Commented [6]: just done
and now she’s not answering the phone and I’m really freaking out.
Kris: Samantha slow down I can’t understand you.
Samantha: I think she’s trying to kill herself!
Kris: Oh my god!
Samantha: Taylor!..Taylor!!.. Where’s Taylor?
Eric: How should I know? I’m grounded.
Samantha: Taylor!..Taylor!..Taylor!
*Samantha walks up stairs looking for Taylor*
Samantha: Taylor?... Taylor?
Taylor: Ugh.. I can’t get the cap off!
*Taylor attempting to open a bottle of pills to overdose*
*Samantha begins to fight for the bottle out of Taylor’s hands”
Taylor: NO!.. NO!
*Taylor and Samantha are fighting over the bottle and screaming*
Kris: Taylor?
*the pills go everywhere on the floor*
Taylor: What did you do?!
Kris: Sit down.
*Taylor is hysterically crying in her mom’s arms*
Samantha: Please…
Taylor: Please.. I wanna die..

Transcription: 13 Reasons Why: Beyond the Reasons:

Boe: It’s definitely a generational thing because my whole middle school and high school, when Commented [7]: generational thing
we got home, all we would do is hop on either it was Myspace, Facebook, Twitter and
Instagram. So that’s our whole world, is our school, and then social media. So, that’s why when Commented [8]: our whole world
you’re being cyberbullied, you’re being attacked by so many people who are hiding behind, you Commented [9]: social media
know, a computer screen.
Dr. Hu: Adults don’t realize how much cyberbullying is hurtful because it didn’t exist when Commented [10]: hurtful
people my age were younger, and cyberbullying doesn’t end when the school bell rings.
Selena: Once something is online, it’s just there and a picture can say a million different things.
And people come up and conjure up their own story, or what they think is right, and it affects
you, it hurts you. Commented [11]: affects you
Alexis: Suddenly you can feel so terribly alone, and because of their interaction and because Commented [12]: hurts you
they’re so engaged and tethered to their devices, there is actually no safe space.
Commented [13]: terribly alone
Yorkey: The adults tend to trivialize what for teenagers and young adults is not trivial. Teenage
brains don’t work the way adult brains work. You know? Trauma and pain feel like they’re gonna
last forever. And I think that we forget that sometimes.
Teefey: Hopefully sharing these stories can help parents pay attention to things that may be
small to them, but could be rocking the world of their kid.

Yorkey: In high school, your reputation is everything. And she stopped being a human being to
all those guys, and became a thing.
Dr. Hsu: The topic of slut shaming, like what happened with Hannah, we’re in a place where, on
the one hand, girls feel incredible pressure to be rated on being attractive, um, to be popular, to
be good-looking, to look perfect on Instagram. And yet if it goes just a touch too far somehow,
now you’re a slut, nobody likes you, you’re not worthy of being a real girlfriend. (5:32)

Yorkey: A big part of Clay’s story is that he is not a kid who can communicate how he’s feeling,
or what’s on his mind. This is one of the most powerful moments of the show for me because it
rings so true to who I was when I was a teenager, where you have so much going on inside of
you and so little ability to share it with anybody.
Miles: I certainly remember experiencing things when I was younger, and being so
overwhelmed because I had no idea what it was, or what I was feeling. And it’s hard to talk
about when you can’t put it into words correctly. (8:16)

Yorkey: The scene with Mr. Porter in the last episode, Hannah missed the opportunity to say
what had happened to her, and Mr. Porter missed the opportunity and missed a lot of signs to
see that this was someone in immediate crisis who needed more help than he gave her at that
moment. (9:57)

Asher: You know, Hannah’s an imperfect person. She pushes people away, people that we
know would’ve been there for her. You know, she could have been more open. But in a way,
she kind of sets up Mr. Porter to fail. I think it’s okay to recognize that. She wasn’t perfect, she
didn’t do everything she could. And she should have done more. (10:13)

Dr. Hedrick: It’s very common for young adults to not recognize their emotions, to not be able to
recognize them, talk about them.
Katherine: If Hannah had been able to understand what she was feeling, and why, then it
could’ve made all the difference. (11:50)

Dr. Hsu: She stops trying, and she stops reaching out for any life lines, and she’s not strong
enough or healthy enough at that point to stand up and assert herself. Sometimes I’ll hear a
parent say, “Well, not my kid. He’d never do it, or she’d never do it because she’s really smart.
Her grades are good.” And it has nothing to do with that.
Young adults haven’t fully formed their frontal lobe, or their executive function as we call it, so
everything that happens feels like this is forever. They often feel like there’s no way out, and this
can lead to very impulsive acts.
Dr. Hsu: I think it was important to show the pain that never ends for her parents immediately
thereafter, who are left with this...horrible burden.
Kate: One of the things that when I talked to parents, when I talked to Dr. Hu, that it was
important to sort of get in context with for how it completely consumes your life.
Dr. Hu: It’s important for the viewers to see that there’s often a lot of collateral damage when
someone dies, and the person contemplating suicide might not realize how much their death will
affect people that they love and that they didn’t want to hurt. (23:21)

Dr. Hsu: There are statistics that say that for every suicide there’s at least six people who are
very intimately impacted.
Dr. Hu: People are at a higher risk of suicide if someone that they know has died by suicide.
And it seems counterintuitive, and yet the person who has survived somebody else’s suicide
often feels guilty and can blame themselves, and that seems to be a large part of what happens
with Alex. (23:58)
Dr. Hedrick: Suicide is now the second leading cause of death for teenagers. And every warning
sign, every symptom of depression should be taken seriously. A drastic change in behavior, a
drop in their grades, getting in fights with their peers, or parents, or authority figures, substance
abuse, these are all different signs to look out for.
Heizer: A lot of times it feels like a lot of things you’re experiencing aren’t treatable, and that’s
why it can be overwhelming to try to explain it to someone because you just feel like there’s
nothing you can do about it. But there usually is.
Selena: It’s absolutely treatable. Anxiety is, depression is, talk therapy, treatment centers,
there’s a million ways you can find help.
Dr. Hsu: I think a lot of times people feel paralyzed by: “I don’t know how to talk about this.
Maybe it’ll go away. Maybe they seem okay. I don’t feel equipped to talk.” But then nobody talks
about it, and that’s actually the worst thing that any of us can do. Really it is about just listening,
saying, “I’ll be there, and we’ll find the help together.”
Yorkey: If someone watching this is feeling like their life doesn’t have worth, I hope that you see
around Hannah in this show all the people who care about her, and know that there are those
people in your life as well.
Dr. Hu: It’s okay to not be okay. It’s okay to not be perfect, and for everything to be exactly right
every moment of the day, but that you can get past that. It gets better. You won’t always feel
this bad.
Katherine: Reach out, even if you feel like Hannah and that you can’t talk to your parents, or
don’t want to tell anyone at school because you’re embarrassed, call a hotline. Talk to someone
anonymously. Just talk to someone because the minute you start talking about it, it gets easier.
And just know that there’s life beyond what you’re feeling at the moment. I promise it will get
better. There is an entire future of incredible things waiting for you. And if you go, you don’t get
to--You don’t get to see it.
Dylan: I hope that this show really opens up a lot of conversations and helps people realize the
smallest thing you do, the smallest thing you do to someone else, the smallest thing you say,
can change so much for better or worse.
Yorkey: It starts with reaching out to people. It starts with saying you know, “Hey, what’s up?
You matter to me. I’m glad you’re in my world.”
Selena: There is absolutely nothing wrong with saying that you need help.

Coding: What’s Driving the Rise in Teen Depression?

Symptoms of adolescent depression frequently differ from symptoms in adults. For example,
youth may experience more irritability and moodiness, sleep at odd times of the day and isolate Commented [14]: irritability
themselves from adults, particularly family members, but still long to be with peers. Adults, Commented [15]: sleep 2 odd times
however, may experience insomnia, intense bouts of sadness and isolate themselves from both
Commented [16]: isolate
friends and family.

Consequently, many depressed kids don’t get the help they need. The Centers for Disease Commented [17]: don't get the help
Control and Prevention estimates that only 20 percent of youth suffering from a mental health
disorder, like depression, receive treatment for their condition. This means 80 percent, or about Commented [18]: receive treatment
12 million youth, are undertreated or not treated at all, and that’s a major concern, especially as Commented [19]: undertreated
adolescent depression is on the rise. Commented [20]: rise

Coding: Media’s Damaging Depictions of Mental Illness

But images of individuals with mental illness aren’t always so in your face. Subtle
stereotypes pervade the news regularly. Just the other day, a local news program in Central Commented [21]: stereotypes
Florida reported on a woman setting her son’s dog on fire. The reporter ended the segment
by stating that the woman had been depressed recently. Whether it’s a graphic depiction or Commented [22]: depressed
an insinuating remark, the media often paint a grim and inaccurate picture. Commented [23]: graphic
Commented [24]: insinuating
And these pictures can have a big influence on the public. Research has shown that many Commented [25]: grim
people get their information about mental illness from the mass media (Wahl, 2004). What Commented [26]: inaccurate
they do see can color their perspective, leading them to fear, avoid and discriminate against
Commented [27]: influence
individuals with mental illness.
Commented [28]: mass media
Commented [29]: fear
These myths don’t just damage public perceptions; they also affect people with mental
Commented [30]: avoid
illness. In fact, the fear of stigma can prevent individuals from seeking treatment. One study
Commented [31]: discriminate
even found that workers would rather say they committed a petty crime and spent time in Commented [32]: damage
jail than disclose that they stayed at a psychiatric hospital. Commented [33]: perceptions
Commented [34]: fear of stigma
Commented [35]: disclose