It was an incredibly emotional morning on 92.5 Triple M Gold Breakfast with Leisel Jones, Liam & Spida, as Liam Flanagan fought tears as he shared losing a close mate just months ago.
This is Men’s Mental Health Week. Liam said:
“This is a friend who, Leisel, you were at my 40th last year, he was meant to be there, and he and he wasn’t there because his dad had just passed away. And I remember thinking at the time, oh, this sucks, we’re getting to an age of our life now where we start to lose our parents. But he wasn’t there because he lost his dad, and six months later, now his three kids don’t have their dad.”
“Sadly, men in this country are four times more likely to die by suicide, and the research is showing that significantly, blokes still won’t talk about it.”
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