Mother recalls the heartbreaking phone call that changed her life

When Sue’s 13-year-old daughter felt sick and asked for the day off school, Sue thought nothing of it — until the phone rang. WARNING: Sensitive

WARNING: Sensitive content

Molly was only 10 years old when she attempted to take her own life for the first time.

But it wasn’t until she was 13, having made a second attempt, that her parents became aware of the severity of their daughter’s mental ill-health.

“The thought that she may have been suffering with depression or anxiety at such a young age never entered our thoughts,” says Molly’s mother, Sue.

“It was a subject that was very rarely talked about or acknowledged, especially for such a young person.

“I wish we had known then what we know now.”