"It was a very normal Sunday, I was getting ready for school and listening to music on my bed when absolutely out of nowhere, a terrifying scream radiated from my brother's room. As I ran through the door, I was thrown into a situation that no one saw coming. I spent the next half an hour frantically and desperately trying to bring Sam back to life. If it was a normal Sunday before, it was certainly far from normal now.

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Losing someone to suicide is unlike any other grief you could experience because the sheer act is one of willing. They made the choice to go, all things considered. That is very very hard to come to terms with. Someone you loved unconditionally and expected that to be mutual, someone whom you assumed would always be there for you, made a decision to leave you behind. Suicide doesn't have just one victim, so many lives are torn and so many are affected."

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Ben West

Mental Health Campaigner