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#darkness into light series

# darkness-into-light-series - Tuesday 8 May, 2018

'I look at my kids and I think there is so much I would have missed had I gone through with it'
# Darkness Into Light
# Darkness Into Light

'I look at my kids and I think there is so much I would have missed had I gone through with it'

May 8th 2018, 8:00 PM 22,841 Views 4 Comments

After surviving a suicide attempt at 13, Christy spent his career helping people in crisis.

# darkness-into-light-series - Thursday 3 May, 2018

'He told us his head was melted. The help didn't come quick enough'
# Darkness Into Light
# Darkness Into Light

'He told us his head was melted. The help didn't come quick enough'

May 3rd 2018, 8:00 PM 56,459 Views 7 Comments

Aiveen Cully-Dunne shares the pain of losing a sibling to suicide, ahead of #DIL2018.

# darkness-into-light-series - Tuesday 1 May, 2018

'I never thought I'd end up at a funeral at 18 watching everyone in my school break down'
# Darkness Into Light
# Darkness Into Light

'I never thought I'd end up at a funeral at 18 watching everyone in my school break down'

May 1st 2018, 8:00 PM 68,852 Views 7 Comments

Rachel O’Neill shares the story behind why she’s doing #DIL2018.

# darkness-into-light-series - Thursday 26 April, 2018

'It wasn't about anything that happened in my life, it was about the black hole'
# Darkness Into Light
# Darkness Into Light

'It wasn't about anything that happened in my life, it was about the black hole'

Apr 26th 2018, 8:00 PM 27,711 Views 7 Comments

Darkness Into Light volunteer and suicide survivor Rebecca McInerney shares her journey to recovery.

# darkness-into-light-series - Monday 23 April, 2018

'I'm getting better about ignoring the black dog, I've locked him outside and I haven't fed him in years'
# Darkness Into Light
# Darkness Into Light

'I'm getting better about ignoring the black dog, I've locked him outside and I haven't fed him in years'

Apr 23rd 2018, 8:00 PM 39,524 Views 17 Comments

Stephen Considine shares how he went from attempted suicide to creating art to help others.

# darkness-into-light-series - Thursday 27 April, 2017

'I was going to end my life or I was going to get better. That was the choice I had'
# Darkness Into Light
# Darkness Into Light

'I was going to end my life or I was going to get better. That was the choice I had'

Apr 27th 2017, 8:00 PM 42,465 Views 9 Comments

Gary Seery turned to exercise to help him cope with anxiety and depression

# darkness-into-light-series - Wednesday 26 April, 2017

'The hallucinations were 100% real to me. But people were telling me there was nothing there'
# Darkness Into Light
# Darkness Into Light

'The hallucinations were 100% real to me. But people were telling me there was nothing there'

Apr 26th 2017, 8:00 PM 572 Views 11 Comments

At times it felt like there was no hope of recovery at all, writes Brian Scallan

# darkness-into-light-series - Tuesday 25 April, 2017

'In my head, I didn't deserve to be helped. I was broken and couldn't be fixed'
# Darkness Into Light
# Darkness Into Light

'In my head, I didn't deserve to be helped. I was broken and couldn't be fixed'

Apr 25th 2017, 8:00 PM 891 Views 7 Comments

Ireland rugby international Hannah Tyrrell on the eating disorder that overshadowed her teenage years

# darkness-into-light-series - Monday 24 April, 2017

'Paul wanted to talk. But there was nobody to talk to'
# Darkness Into Light
# Darkness Into Light

'Paul wanted to talk. But there was nobody to talk to'

Apr 24th 2017, 8:10 PM 1,486 Views 33 Comments

Patricia Turner lost her son to suicide in 2009.

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