Tag: suicide

miscellaneous / miscellaneous - 9 years ago

Could I Have Helped My Brother?

By Cathy Albrigo as told to Kitty Rodriguez Photos by: Nicolas Heredia My younger brother and I weren’t very close until the last few months of his life, when he was struggling and I tried to be there for him. He was 18 when he committed suicide. I c...

miscellaneous / miscellaneous - 9 years ago

Losing My Close Friend to Suicide

and No One’s Talking About It It’s easy to forget that we are mortal until someone in your life disappears. My first encounter with youth depression came during my sophomore year in high school. I was only a witness and yet its impact was power...