The son of late Linkin Park lead singer Chester Bennington has filmed three videos for National Suicide Prevention Week, just two months after his father took his own life
In the first video, 15-year-old Draven Bennington bravely said:
'Hi, I'm Draven Bennington, and I'm here on National Suicide Prevention Week,' says the teenager in the first video, while the music to his father's hit song 'Numb' plays in the background.
'I want to make a commitment that I will talk to someone before I hurt myself when I'm feeling depressed, sad or going through a hard week, month or year.'
He then states: 'I want to challenge you to do the same - to help yourself, not hurt yourself.'
The 14-year-old was later joined by his mother Samantha in the second video. In the video, Samantha starts by thanking Kristy's, a restaurant in Malibu where they taped the video.
According to her, the restaurant was where she and Draven last saw Chester together. They had dinner with him on April 19 for the teenager's birthday.
'Thank you for releasing our first statement here at your restaurant,' says Samantha, after thanking the owners by name.
'We honor you, we support you and we love you and your family. And Malibu is such an embracing community.'
She further went to discuss hoe his teenage son is adjusting in the wake of his father's suicide.
'It still doesn't feel like it actually happened. You always think that maybe he's on vacation and someone just found someone else. Maybe he'll pop back up,' says the high school student.
'It's hard because sometimes you just sit down, you start thinking about ... I came across old home videos that he had, things like that. It sucks.'
The third video is a discussion of suicide warning signs between Draven, his mother Samantha and Angelica Guajardo, a local marriage and family therapist.
When asked the warning signs he saw before his father's death, Draven says: 'He was really good at hiding it. I saw him a week before and I would not be able to tell one thing that was different. I thought everything was going great.'
According to him, he now believes his father planned the visit so that the two could spend time together before he took his life.
Soon after, Draven stops to put himself together as Guajardo speaks to him about how difficult it is to deal with the loss of a friend or family member to suicide.
When asked what he would say to his father now if he had the chance.
He says: just that I love him and I wish anything else other than that. I wish he would reach out more and that we could have talked about it.'
Discuss the fact that his father did open up towards the end, he said 'He did a little bit, but then he covered up a lot. He opened up and then he started changing his attitude, he started working out more and you could see him really fit and happy,' explains Draven.
'It didn't seem like he was as depressed as he was.'
Late Chester Bennington, who was Linkin Park frontman was found dead from suicide by hanging just three months after his son's birthday dinner on July 20.
Samantha and Chetser were married for 9 years, from 1996 to 2005, and Draven is their only son. The singer also has five children with two other women .
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