On your knees praying to anyone that will listen; please keep my daughter earth side.

This is a pain so real it hits you at the very core.

Sophie is a single Mother with two daughters; India, 16 and Violet, 14.

In 2017, after months of panic attacks and school refusal, India was diagnosed with depression and anxiety.

In 2018, this diagnosis escalated to severe social anxiety and clinical depression.

She moved schools for her as she wanted a fresh start, and that seemed to help for six months, then India's anxiety became heightened due to her social surroundings and she went downhill fast.

In 2019 the self-harming began, then in the march the suicide attempts started. 

Fast forward to 2022 and Sophie has started the Please Stay Foundation.

She is a woman of Influence…

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