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Edinburgh Live
Edinburgh Live
Jacob Farr

I tried to take my own life one Christmas - now I can see everything I would have lost

For young males battling depression or heightened anxiety, Christmas can be a really testing time of year that can lead to some very dark thoughts and worrying actions.

Picture perfect relationships on every advert and cheery friends all enjoying a drink without a care in the world are plastered all over our television screens.

This can all lead to a sensory overload and feelings of being inadequate or inescapably desperate.

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