Losing Mum
When I was 14 years old, I lost my mother to cancer, it was a traumatic time for me mentally, and it’s had detrimental effect on my life even now at 39 years old. My father was old school and just said that we need to ‘huddle’ together and stay strong, there wasn’t much support in terms of therapy in those days.
Back To ‘Normal’
2 weeks later I was back at school, I won’t go to in depth, but I was passed her cancer gene and now have a colostomy bag for life, due to the PTSD of this event I now have fibromyalgia, which is affecting me on a day-to-day basis.
“I’ve managed to get myself back to some sort of normality.”
I’ve had several suicide attempts, been ready to end it all, but I’ve managed to get myself back to some sort of normality.
I Am Proof!
2 years ago, I lost my youngest brother and that destroyed me, but for everyone reading this, I’m proof that you can turn it around – I’m now the happiest I’ve ever been, I’m going to be a first time dad in March 2027 and going to propose to my girlfriend on the day the baby is born.
“Stay positive, build a network of positive people around you and remember it’s baby steps and one day at a time, keep your head high.”
