A FATHER’S STORY

Background…………………..Until the night of 29th March 1993 I had no knowledge or experience of mental illness and not the slightest inkling that my eldest son, Jason, was suffering a depressive illness. There had been behaviours on...

CHRISTOPHER PAUL GIBSON

SMNCSO RAN24/04/80 – 18/10/03Aged 23 yearsMy one and only son. Not a day goes by that I don’t miss you. The tears I still cannot stop. I dream of the days when your smiles and laughter could be heard throughout the house. I long for the hugs you gave me,...

DARREN BOOTH

18/03/1967 – 29/04/2002Aged 35 years.Where to start, where to begin–My son, my stepson, Darren, took his life 13 months ago. The story ends there but starts many years earlier.Darren was born 18 March 1967 and grew up with his father and brother, Randy....

CHRISTOPHER PAUL GILSON

SMNCSO RAN24/04/80 – 18/10/03Aged 23 yearsThe one thing that touched me the most about my mate was the fact that no matter what, he always had time for his friends and family. I would feel like having a slack day and chuck a sickie from work and it didn’t...

IAN’S STORY

My husband was 56 when on 26 April 2003 my eldest daughter found him hanging in the shed behind our small store.We briefly encountered the demons of depression in 1992 when Ian was treated badly in a business deal. He always thought a man’s word was his bond,...