E7 Tom Hawkins Story: From The Brink Of Suicide To Becoming An Ultra Marathon Runner

Sometimes in life, pressure can become too much to handle. Do you ever find yourself comparing others to you? Do you ever feel like you cannot speak to anyone about the troubles you find yourself in? What happens when this continually occurs over a long period of time and you don't see a way out?

This is an episode that will no doubt have a huge impact on many others and will hopefully showcase the need for such a conversation surrounding depression, the pressures of life and suicide. Do you think most suicide attempts are regretted once attempted? What would happen to those around us after its attempted.

Massive thank you to Tom for breaking these stigmas around suicide and mental health. These conversations are needed due to the amount of silent warriors suffering out in the world and by Tom kindly sharing his story, I hope it will inspire others to reach out for help and save a lot more people that are suffering.

If you can do one thing after this episode, it is simply check in on those around you as you may not truly know they are struggling.

If you're struggling with mental health or suicidal thoughts, here are some helplines:

Contact your GP

Samaritans 116 123

Text SHOUT to 85258

SANEline 0300 304 7000

CALM (Campaign against living miserably 0800 58 58 58