My name is Allison, and I’m a mother to five children, including two stepchildren. My son Austin is 21 years old, in the middle of my five kids, and lives with treatment-resistant depression (TRD). He loves to cook, garden and compost and is planning to go to chef school, once the coronavirus calms down. Austin’s always been a skilled learner, getting straight As throughout school. He even taught himself all about horticulture and how to cook. He’s just a curious kid and loves to learn about anything that he can get his hands on.
During Austin’s senior year of high school in 2017, we began noticing some changes in his behavior – he and his girlfriend just broke up and he was experiencing his first heartbreak. It was traumatic for him. He
liking
feelings
suicide
