Amelia

Listen to Amelia's story, as told by her sister, Harriet

Amelia was my oldest sister and she didn't get to celebrate her 20th birthday. I hear lots of people talk about Amelia being a party girl but I saw a much quieter person. She was often really fun and was very funny but she was also serious and anxious and spent a lot of time on her own her bedroom with her headphones on listening to music. Amelia was very wise and would be a person to give very good advice to me, my brother Oscar, and her friends.

Only a few months before when she died we had been on a family holiday in Italy. At the pool we would chat and laugh and listen to our favourite tunes and in the evening and we would swap clothes to create the best possible outfits for dinner - we also discovered lemon cello on this holiday and would take a bottle up to the roof terrace before dinner. This time in Italy was the last time I remember Amelia being happy before anxiety and depression quickly took over.

I hope this campaign will enable young people and families to have a real awareness of the risks of suicide. I also want suicide to no longer be a taboo subject and for people to speak openly about it. I want people to be aware of the support and help available to them and to know how to ask help and to know that they're never alone. I hope that by raising awareness people will talk openly about struggles and suicidal thoughts. I want someone to understand that sometimes you might feel that suicide is the only route but with the right help it doesn't need to be the route. I wish Amelia would have been able to realise this.