Jarren Duran wants those who fight with their mental health to know that they are not alone

BOSTON – For 12 minutes, Jarren Duran remained behind a podium in the Clubhouse in Boston Red Sox and discussed his mental health struggles and the message he hopes to transmit to sharing his suicide attempt and the recovery process in a new Netflix documentary.

Duran I talked about his battles with depression and struggles with mental health In the fourth episode of the documentary in eight parts of Netflix, “The Clubhouse: A Year with the Red Sox”. The entire series was released on Tuesday.

“The entire purpose of sharing it is only to bring him out there and let people know who are not alone,” said Duran Tuesday, observing that he has not yet seen the documentary. “Even if I can only help a person, it’s significant. I’m just trying to let people know that there is always help and to make sure to reach.”

When Netflix announced at the beginning of 2024 that they would follow the team for a season of a season, Duran said that he had not thought much about sharing his journey despite having started to open up publicly on some of his struggles for mental health. During the series, Duran is interviewed several times, but said that the conversation he had with the director of Netflix Greg Whiteley in the fourth episode, “Still Alive”, took place organically and was not something he had planned to reveal.

“I was sitting there in a sense, I didn’t really think it was a good time to talk about it, but then, I just thought that this could help people out there they really don’t want to talk about it,” Duran said. “I just did that leap in faith and I hoped he would do more well than bad.”

Duran said that the support of the Red Sox and his teammates has been precious in recent years while he has worked through his struggles for mental health and implored others to seek help.

“Even listening to this kind of things (teammates) did not change the way they talked to me or something like this,” he said. “So it was the greatest thing; I didn’t want this thing in which they like to treat me differently, but no, they are still talking to me and I’m talking about returning to them. We still have that language of love. So it was fantastic.”

One of Duran’s dearest friends of the team, Rob Refsnyder, saw the struggles of Duran closely and praised Duran for sharing his story.

“I know he will have an impact on many people, a lot of young people who are probably a little embarrassed or frightened or don’t really know who to talk about how they feel,” said Refsnyder. “It takes a lot of courage to put you out there on such a national phase.

“Shoot. I want to say, we weren’t having these conversations when I started playing at the Major League level (in 2015),” he added. “I think many people fight in silence, and I slowly think the way the conversation has achieved more is ok to ask for help. It is much more common than you think.”

28 -year -old Duran recognized that it was not easy to speak and still has moments, but has learned methods to manage his mental well -being, in particular for the diary of his thoughts.

“I certainly contacted much more than I was once, it’s an important thing for me,” he said. “Even when I tell myself, I will not worry about this, I go back to stuff that I have a diary like” hey, if you ever find yourself again in this head space, be sure to reach. “So I’m just reminding myself that it is important to reach that other people are doing it because I have talked about it, it is truly moving.

On Monday, when news was initially reported on the “Still Alive” episode, Samaritans, Inc., a suicide prevention service in the Boston area, received the number of texts compared to March 2025 to Hey Sam, its line of text for people under the age of 25 (text: 439-726). As part of the National 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, the Samaritans have also deployed more than double the calls compared to the previous Monday.

Duran is launching the Jarren Duran Community Foundation and currently selling shirts with the phrases: “still alive”, “f -” em “and” silence the demons “on the front and on the back. A part of the proceeds goes to its foundation.

“I want to focus on everyone, but also on the younger generations, because I know that growing I had no idea what was going on (in terms of help),” he said. “So I feel as if we could help them at a young age, he prepares them only for their adulthood.

“I saw a couple of comments on some of my posts concerning children, like” Hey, I am your biggest fan and know what you talk about it means that I can talk about it, so I wanted to say thanks. “Seeing that stuff affects a lot, very deep.”

Alex Cora Manager noted the importance of Duran’s awareness For a problem with which so many people fight alone.

“He is standing in that Club House to talk about real things,” said Cora, adding that he believes that Duran should win the annual prize of Roberto Clemente di MLB. “The growth of the player, the person, the relationships, we are very proud of him. We are saving lives now, it is what he is doing. He is saving lives. For a boy wearing his emotions on the sleeves, we should applaud.

“We are very proud of him.”

If you or someone you know is thinking of suicide, call or send a 988 message for suicide and the lifeline crisis or contact the crisis text line by sending a text message to 741741.

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