A suicide survivor has set up an Instagram account dedicated to raising awareness about men’s mental health.
Marcus Alejandro Keam, originally from Bootle, is taking “every day step-by-step”, as he documents the process of learning how to walk again after losing both his legs on social media. The 21-year-old wants to be able to share his story “without having to lie (about) everything being perfect”, and to teach others about things about amputees that he didn’t know about.
The former Hillside High School student told the ECHO : “It’s a way of helping me cope with the fact that I’ve lost both my legs. I want it to be a learning curve, not just for me, but for everyone. You know people who have lost their lives to suicide, but then not everyone knows someone who has been a victim of attempted suicide. When I did the actions that I did, I didn’t expect to be alive, so waking up and realising I’ve got no legs, I was able to use that to my advantage as none of my friends knew.”
