Anatomy of an End

Start here: Mark — Giving It All Away (Episode 4).

What happens to people when the pressure in their lives starts becoming too much, and what do the rest of us miss while it’s happening?

Anatomy of an End is a podcast about mental health, crisis, and human behavior under pressure.

Our psychological-autopsy episodes look closely at real lives and the relationships, pressures, and circumstances surrounding suicide. We ask what changed, what people noticed, what was misunderstood, and what remains unknown. Our Field Guides step back from individual cases to explore bigger subjects like stigma, depression, addiction, isolation, and the systems meant to help.

Host and producer Davis Henry joins forensic psychological consultant D. Edward “Dana” Tatum for candid conversations with room for disagreement and some unexpected laughter. Dana brings roughly three decades of experience across behavioral health and criminal justice. Davis brings the questions, connections, and occasional “Hold on, what does that actually mean?”

The cases are real, but the goal is not spectacle. It is understanding. We don’t believe a person can be understood by the way their life ended.

Suicide prevention is at the heart of the show. Our aim is to challenge stigma and help people become better prepared to recognize distress, ask questions, and engage when somebody is struggling.

If you’ve ever looked at somebody’s behavior and thought, “Why would someone do that?” this is where we stay with the question a little longer.

Stay present. Stay engaged. Stay alive.

Anatomy of an End is not a crisis service. If you or someone you know is in crisis, call or text 988 in the United States, or visit 988lifeline.org.