"I just didn't want to be alive anymore."
After the airing, Lindsey Boylan, a former aide for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and one of several women who has accused him of sexual misconduct, said "I was there too. I did not want to be alive. ... Abuse environments harm so many."
One of the biggest myths about suicide, experts say, is that it's a personal problem. While biological factors can play a role in predisposition to suicidal thoughts, a person's environment is also a significant factor.
"We have really perpetuated this idea that suicide is driven by mental illness. And there are parts of suicide that do have internal components, but ... the larger part is environmental, social, cultural," said Bart Andrews, chief clinical officer at Behavioral Health Response and a suicide survivor.