In today’s society suicide is still a topic of taboo. According to John Brogden this is because suicide is an extraordinarily difficult issue to talk about - even in a modern, liberal society like Australia, and it's even harder to understand. “It is, and will always be, hard to understand why a 17-year-old with everything to live for takes her own life. Or why a father of two children thinks the only way forward is to kill himself. Or why a grandparent, who has enjoyed a rich and full life and still has so much yet to experience, commits suicide.”(Brogden, 2010). However David Webb, an Australian suicide survivor turned suicidology scholar states that ‘the taboo around suicide creates the silence... it's toxic because I don't know of any public health issue that has been resolved by not talking about it.” There comes a time in everyone’s life were they will have to deal with a horrific experience, whether this is as a direct result of their own actions or as the result of someone else’s choices. The most important outcome from these experiences is how someone deals with the consequences. There are many avenues for people to gain professional help. One such avenue is a local GP, a GP will be able to refer you to a local counsellor or psychiatrist that is often free through Medicare. All dealings with a GP and or the counsellor is confidential with the exception of the threat of self-harm issues. However, if help is needed outside of hours there are twenty four hour hotlines that are accessible like Beyond Blue. Places such as Headspace are a great form of group help and are starting to spread through the country. Recently a Headspace has started locally in Albury and there is a big push to also get a Headspace up and running in Wodonga. The advantage of a group session is that it shows individuals that they are in fact not the only people that go through a