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Sam Volpe

Northumberland man speaks out about suicide stigma and searches for the good Samaritans who helped save his life

Northumberland 's Peter Wise has spoken out about attempting suicide last year - when his mental health spiralled - and wants to find the good Samaritan's who saved his life in Seaton Sluice one October day.

Peter, 32, now lives in Morpeth. He is neurodivergent - he is autistic and has ADHD - and has experience mental health difficulties over a number of years. Though born in Whitley Bay, he was living in Grimsby during the Covid-19 lockdowns when things became too much.

He told ChronicleLive : "I had found a new job working as a mentor with autistic adolescents. But this was at the start of lockdown. I had gone from having colleagues around to basically being a hermit. It really impacted me. I probably didn't leave the house for half a year. My mental health was really dropping.

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