Jim Miller was 22 years old when his father took his life, in 1992, and this is the first time he shares his story publicly. At the time, he was the one responsible to fly to Spain in order to have his father’s body be sent back to the United Kingdom. On the same day, after experiencing the trauma of seeing the place where the suicide took place, he started having his first episode of psychosis, which was followed by a long period of depression.

Now, thirty years later, Jim can finally bring out all the feelings he kept bottled up, particularly the anger he felt for his father. “I thought I was okay, but I was probably too proud to get help and probably too frightened,” he told me.

Jim Miller is part of the Stability Network, an organizations that aims to inspire and encourage people experiencing mental health challenges to thrive and share their stories. The movement has members from all over the globe. Within the next few weeks, I will be interviewing some of their participants.

To know more, visit:

https://www.thestabilitynetwork.org/

You can watch this interview on my YouTube channel  "Understand Suicide:”

https://youtu.be/39dPZ2_RicQ

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