An Edinburgh man has spoken out about how he turned his life around, one year after a suicide attempt.

Cameron Watt, 23, from Currie, overdosed at home on 20 April 2019 and waited 24 hours before calling NHS 24, as he lay alone in his Edinburgh home.

According to the Daily Record, when medics arrived at Cameron's home, he was told he was lucky to be alive after consuming such a large amount of medication.

One year on from such a terrible low, Cameron, known as Camy, posted on social media to open up about the incident and show how life has changed for the better since that point.

Speaking of how his world has "flipped upside down", the post stated how much has changed since he felt there was no "escape route":

"April 20, 2019 - the day I tried to take me own life. After feeling the lowest I've ever felt before, I overdosed. All I know is I'm a very lucky boy to be alive.

"In just one year my whole world has flipped upside down. I worked on looking after myself, going to the gym, surrounding myself with people who I love. I've got a dog and a girlfriend who I love and both have helped me a lot. I have my beautiful nephew, Campbell Cameron Watt, I've been round Europe with my best pals and watched my cousin get married.

"I love my job and the support I get from family and friends is crazy. I'm not posting this for sympathy, I'm posting this to show that if anyone is struggling that things do get better, I promise. I thought there was no escape route for me and I'm honestly so gobsmacked at looking at how much has changed in 365 days.





"Time is the best healer and you need to speak too. Not every day in the last year has been easy, but I've spoken about my feeling to people and it helps. I've had to go on anti-depressants too but, again, I would highly recommend as they've helped me too.

"Just get the right help, help yourself and time will do the rest, I promise."

Since the post was published, it has received an overwhelming amount of support from the online community, with 1.2K retweets and over 21K likes.

In a bid to reach out to others who may be going through similar experiences, Camy told the Daily Record:

"Nothing major happened to me, but lots of little things from over the years had built up inside. That's what's so scary about it.

"I just felt like I couldn't go on."

(Image: The Daily Record)

Camy praised the support he has been given by family and friends during and after his recovery and spoke of the positives the last year has brought, such as the arrival of his nephew, travelling Europe and attending his cousins wedding.

Camy hopes that others will feel they can reach out for help when it comes to mental health.

While his survival in hospital was a wake up call, he stresses that the past year hasn't been plain sailing.

"There was no flick of a switch last year meaning I got better straight away. It's a gradual thing, I still have down days and the anti-depressants have helped massively.

"It's about speaking out, working hard and keeping positive.

"Help is there."

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