Shanayah Kennedy, herself just 19, made a harrowing plea after her younger brother and best friend took his own life.
Shanayah Kennedy, 19, came face-to-face with the devastating consequences of mental illness on Wednesday, August 23.
Mental health and suicide are not easy subjects to talk about, but news.com.au wants you to know you’re Not Alone. News.com.au’s Not Alone will raise awareness about these issues and provide you with the resources needed to reach out for help. “And then I found him, I was screaming,” she told news.com.au. “Everything went blank around me. I could tell he was just gone.”Ms Kennedy, whose little brother was her best friend, has been pushing the message “it ain’t weak to speak” after what happened to Jye.“Reach out for help. If you’re feeling like that ring someone, anyone, don’t let your mind tell you otherwise.Ms Kennedy said Jye “brightened” up the room and liked to joke around.
The two were particularly close as they were the only “full-blood” siblings in their family. They also have two half-siblings in Lismore.Ms Kennedy said Jye was lonely.A, found 25 per cent of adult Australians surveyed knew someone who had died by suicide or attempted to take their own life in the previous 12 months. About 15 per cent knew the person directly, while another 11 per cent knew them indirectly.
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