On October 6th, 2017 I sat on my dorm room floor and started counting pills. I was battling severe depression, PTSD, and bulimia while starting my freshman year of college, and I was exhausted. I needed to escape the voice in my head that screamed "you're worthless, you're an idiot, why are you even here?" At that time, I saw dying as my best option, my escape plan. Suicide is the second leading cause of death in people ages 18-26, and it is preventable. With proper support and healthcare mental illnesses can be managed, and people can have fulfilling lives. Mental healthcare is currently so inaccessible that people often do not receive help until they are in crisis. By getting people treatment earlier on, we can reduce their length of suffering, and effectively prevent dangerous symptoms like suicide. The two biggest barriers to treatment are cost and accessibility. The most effective way to address these issues is telemedicine, specifically Virtual Intensive Outpatient Programs (VIOP). A VIOP is a group-based therapy that takes place for 3 hours a day, 3-5 days per week completely online. These groups help people better understand their emotions, work on emotion regulation with therapy skills, and have consistent check-ins with clinicians about behaviors. Traditional brick-and-mortar IOPs have a limited number of patients they can treat, and are inaccessible for people who are unable to commute into the city regularly. These programs are more expensive to run in person, which drives up the expense for the patient. A VIOP is cheaper since you can avoid the brick-and-mortar expenses, and we pass those savings onto the patient, which makes care more affordable. I believe that if I could have accessed a VIOP from my dorm, I would have been safer, and my suicide attempt could have been prevented.