“I laugh Daddy got you a toaster!” My phone lights up at 6am with Zachary’s name flashing across my screen. Its 6.30am, one 20-year-old brother and 24-year-old me lying in our beds with just plasterboard separating us I can hear him chuckle at my reply, “Well I hope you get another go cart”. Its December […]
Read More My Last ChristmasToday is my beautiful Brother, Zachary’s 23rd Birthday and the 3rd Birthday he has spent in heaven. It also marks the Zachary Geddis Break the Silence Trusts 2nd Anniversary and the date of our first campaign launch: Keep the Light On. Every year that goes past, I dread this date – I dread waking up […]
Read More 23 WishesOctober 16th 2019 The Keep the Light on Campaign was an idea derived from the popularity of the ZGBTST’s Cycle for Suicide Fundraiser in June 2019 – which seen Zachary’s Dad, Terry embark on a mammoth journey around Northern Ireland, cycling 1200 miles in 11 days and lighting a 7 day burning candle in 120 […]
Read More Keep the Light on Campaign LaunchAs part of my work for ZGBTST, I encounter many different types of people on a 1-1 basis per week. One of the most common kind is those who are suffering with their own personal demons and their families have asked me to try my hand at talking to them. One of the hardest things […]
Read More How To Talk To Someone Who Is DepressedB E F O R E I went missing twice. The first being on Christmas Eve and the second being on Boxing Day. There was difference during these two incidents. The first being well documented, the PSNI were informed and there was a local search conducted by members of the public across the Causeway Coast […]
Read More My Experience On Being A Patient in The Ross Thompson Unit – by Terry Geddis
