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hi my name is kaleena u may have read on page 22 (1st story) about a mother named julie who lost her 17 yr old daughter kylie to suicide...i was friends with kylie i had known her since i was real young but we had lost contact once we got older i am here to tell my story where do i start i have attempted to take my life 3 times by cutting my wrists n prescription drug overdoses (antidepressant medicine i had been prescibed because i was suffering from depression) i had come to live on the streets i was using drugs and i felt that there was no-where or no-one i could turn to i had my family but i did not want to turn to them because i felt they did not need my problems. so i tried my hardest to hide all my problems even tried moving to the city,but that did not work out so i moved back....back to all the problems i tried to leave....then in november 2004 i got a phone call from my mother to inform me that kylie had suicided. It was just after my 3rd attempt. I went to the funeral with my mother and i witnessed first hand what kylie's family had already endured and what they had in the years ahead.....something just hit me like a tonne of bricks and i realised that there was no way i could put my family through that and i finally made a decision that i wanted to give up the drugs the life that i was living and i moved home with my family they were so supportive and helped me to start to get my life back on track i lost all the friends i had before....but that didnt bother me to much i was just focused on getting myself back on track.....I can now say that i am happy with what i am doing now n the choices i am making i am working fulltime. Not a day goes by that i do not think of kylie and her family and my heart will always be with kylie and just wish that she had found the help that i did before it was to late....so please if your reading this and you are suffering from similiar feelings all i wanna say that it will get better u may not think that people do not love you or that no one will miss u but u would be surprised just how many people love you and would miss you. we dearly miss you kylie love kaleena

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I was told of your web site today figured I give it a look. I found my partner hanging in our walk in wardrobe in March this year. Our 3yr old son was with me when I found him after we got home from his swim lesson. Its a day I will never forget! Not only did my son loose his father he lost a whole family as they blame us for his death. The day of the funeral was just as hard no one, not even the priest came over to my son and I and we wern't allowed to be part of the service. I feel like we never really got to say goodbye. My sister worked for his family business and was sacked. I did try to make his family part of my son's life but they arn't interested. When I look at my son I become so sad for him as he dosnt understant why this has all happeded. My son often tells me "its okay mummy that daddy is dead, you have a daddy and I can share him". It eats me up inside and I have to hold back the tears for him as he becomes upset when he see's me cry. A lot of people treat us differently and at times don't know how to talk to us or what to say. We just want to be treated the same. I feel I have learnt a lot from all of this and can see that there needs to be more awarness about suicide and depression and thats it's okay to get help and that it's ok for men to get help. He wouldn't let anyone help him and said paying for help was a waste of money. He just wouldn't listen to me. The one person he did go to, a best mate told him to have another beer and get over it. The night before i asked if he had any feelings of suicide, he promised me he would never do that to our son and that he loved him. I never expected to find what I did. I wish I had realised how he really felt.

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Bad news everyone! I'm afraid that Buttom Mutton accidently walked off the jetty and got drowned!

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Lost my lovely 13 year old daughter earlier this year to suicide. Seems harder to deal with now than ever before. She used to visit web sites promoting suicide, we have to find a way to shut down these sites.Understand this would not have prevented her death,but may stop encouagement of others while at a fragile state.

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My brother suicided 3 years ago. My mother came across a group from White Wreath the first year after he died and was so impressed with what you are doing. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!