Joshua Wilson* was abandoned at birth and then adopted into a family where he was sexually abused by his father and violently tormented by his mother.
Cycling through state-run boys’ homes, he battled addiction and later wrestled with thoughts of ending his own life. On a particularly difficult night last month, Wilson sat alone in the bush, “contemplating being another statistic”, he says. He messaged these thoughts to his estranged partner, who responded with a link to a mental health app called innerBoy.
