It was World Suicide Awareness Day yesterday (Sept 10). Suicide is: A Permanent Solution to a Temporary Problem. ⠀

If you’re struggling please know that. ⠀
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If you know someone who is struggling, please tell them that over and over in case it could help.

• Suicide is the leading cause of death for Australians aged between 15 and 44.

• Year on year 2016 to 2017 there was a 10% increase in suicide deaths in Australia.

• Men are three times more likely to die by suicide than women.

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are at least twice as likely to die by suicide than non-Indigenous Australians.

No matter what had happened to us as a family, even if all of Dad’s worries came true, having him stay with us would have been infinitely better than his permanent solution to his distress and despair but what were ultimately temporary problems.

Please share this message xx