Ahead of World Suicide Prevention Day on Wednesday, September 10, Galway resident Laoċín Brennan speaks about how finding the courage to ask for the help that changed his life
Laoċín Brennan tried to end his life for the first time at 16, but has now found fresh meaning. Photo: Ray Ryan
I lost hope when I was just 14. For a long time back then, everything about my life felt very bleak. And when I would think about my future, I could only think about what people would say at my funeral.
I had gone through a lot of change in the transition between primary to secondary school, growing up in Donabate, Dublin. I lost my grandmother, I stopped believing in Santa Claus and I realised I was queer.