This is a moving and powerful episode where Tom talks to me about his first feelings of sadness, through to his first overdose, his feelings of desperately not wanting to be alive anymore and then, with support, feeling he has a future and is looking forward to his life.
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Your GP can help you:
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Help for teenagers, young adults and students
https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/children-and-young-adults
How universities offer student mental health support
https://www.whatuni.com/advice/student-life/student-mental-health-support/102217/
Mental health support The Open University
https://help.open.ac.uk/mental-health-support
Counselling for Students
https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/children-and-young-adults/help-for-teenagers-young-adults-and-students/student-mental-health-counselling/
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