Kenyan mom shares heartbreaking Story of how her son committed suicide in their apartment.
In a bid to lend her voice to the importance of mental health, a kenyan mom, Jacqueline matere, has shared the heartbreaking Story of how her teenage son became depressed and eventually committed suicide in their apartment.
She was invited as a guest speaker to talk to youths and young people on the importance of taking care of their mental health and not to consider suicide as the way out.
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The bereaved mom recalled how her younger children alerted her to come to her balcony and see the body of her son hanging. She said it was a horrific sight.
She also spoke about how she rushed her son to the hospital, hoping that the doctors will be
able to revive him. But unfortunately,he was certified dead. She had to bury him and live with the pain.
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She said before he committed suicide, her son slipped into depression after he was sodomized and that he showed all the signs of a depressed person. She said she did everything within her power to help him.
The aggrieved mom appealed to young people (teens and youths) not to think of commiting suicide as it leaves their parents and loved ones with a pain that never goes away.
You could hear the pain in her voice.
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