Wade expressed that people are too often afraid to talk about being hopeless or suicidal, but they don't know how common it is to feel that way. She stresses that the most important thing for students to know is that there are resources on campus to help them. Yock emphasized the importance of having social connections. A person's social relationships can act as a predictor when it comes to suicide. Talking with others grants perspective.
People feel less alone, more understood, and that they have support.
Yock and Wade agree that counseling services offer troubled individuals connections to be understood and to be helped. People are never alone.