Ross McPherson's dad urges others to ask for help if they are struggling.
These were the heartbreaking final words from 22 year-old Ross McPherson during a conversation with his dad just hours before he sadly took his own life.
“Everything was 100 miles an hour with Ross, typical of anyone that age, his gran used to call him a whirlwind”, Neil said. “You almost had to sit down and have a rest after he’d been in. Last week Neil and Ross’s mum Peggie, both 53, were joined by 15 of his friends as they embarked on a week-long fundraiser along the West Highland Way in support of Lanarkshire suicide prevention charity Chris’s House.
“Ross was our only child. Your whole life revolves around them and every decision you make is for them. Then all of a sudden they’re not there anymore, so it’s quite difficult to find another path in life.Unaware of Ross’s mental health battles prior to his death, Neil revealed that he was only aware of some issues with anxiety a few years previously.
“He really was doing well. He had a good job at McQueen’s Dairies which he was excelling in as a team leader - they thought the world of him. He was in his own wee flat, he was just back from Ibiza and due to go to Creamfields and Magaluf.”Neil claims that the local police on duty that fateful night told him that over the course of a two-week shift pattern, officers would attend at least one suicide and staggeringly, in some cases, four or five.
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