I’m determined to push through depression and help others in need. I have a second chance, and because I spoke out I am still here.
How Can You Justify Your Own Attempted Suicides?
Can anyone comprehend why someone with a great family, job and home would try to exit their life prematurely? Do they think I was just being selfish?
Sleeping with the Enemy – Mental Illness and Suicide in Australia
Hidden behind masks the illness is silent and invisible. For the person who is struggling with depression or anxiety the battle is real. It can be like Sleeping with the Enemy.
Reflections – Have you thought about killing yourself?
Please look out for your friends and family who are struggling. Ask the question, ‘Have you thought about killing yourself?’
Why do I share my mental health story?
I intend to keep fighting. For my own mental health yes, but for others too. I want there to be a day when people don’t call me brave for sharing my story.
Dangling Fruit
What’s this darkness lying inside? | It kills our men… it’s suicide. | Men’s biggest killer up to fifty, | too many lives over swiftly.
F*ck, this is hard!
The Christmas holiday period is a difficult time for many people, for a variety of reasons. Sending love and virtual hugs to everyone who needs them.
So many questions
It’s now almost 10 months since you left us (into double figures now). I’d love to be able to say it’s getting easier, but I’d be lying if I did.
Hope
So, what it’s like living with depression and anxiety? Before I found my way of coping with my illness, I was suffering every single day. It was a daily battle against myself.
My mini-break after a breakdown
Even the most poorly people on that ward would joke about how they are an adult, work, own a home, but are not allowed a pencil sharpener or pair of laces.
What do you have to be thankful for?
Reflecting, I’m thankful I didn’t take the decorations down. I am heartbroken, but I choose to be thankful for the good in my life, the warmth and love.
It’s been a year since I first met you
The paramedics and police stretchered you in. I remember repeatedly saying, ‘I know him.’ I think I was in shock. You’re the one I can’t forget.