Jan Andersen is a writer, copywriter, artist and hiker living in the Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales. She lost her son to suicide in 2001, several days before his daughter's first birthday.
Recent government data show that men continue to be disproportionately affected by suicide, with the Samaritans highlighting in their research that men are three times more likely than women to die by suicide.
My son, Kristian, was always a bright boy. He had ceaseless energy and a passion for cars, a hunger for knowledge, and a fierce independence.