London Can Be A Tough Place To Live... But There Are People There To Listen — londonist.com

"Talk to us if life is getting to you", says The Samaritans sign I see each morning on the platform as I wait for another hideously packed commuter train to central London. It's a resoundingly bleak image to begin your day with: a person hurling themselves in front of a high-speed train because depression, that insidious liar, has convinced them that all hope has gone. These signs are much needed: in 2017, 5,821 people died by suicide in the UK, of which some three quarters were men. While the numbers have fallen, men aged 45 to 49 remain at the greatest risk, with the highest age-specific suicide rate in the UK. This is an ongoing trend and was recently highlighted in a new play, Distance, at PARK90.

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