Ms McGregor’s son Stuart, 20, was subject to horrific workplace bullying — changing him “from a normal, happy, healthy young man to someone who lay in bed with a bag over his head because he didn’t want us to look at him”.
Knowing “that workplace bullying had pretty much been the reason that both of them died”, Ms McGregor, who was this afternoon named the Fred Hollows Foundation’s inaugural Humanitarian of the Year for her remarkable work, began to speak out on the matter. In the years since, the organisation has held the annual walk, as well as sharing “personal stories in the paper or on our Facebook page which then helped with the stigma associated with suicide”.Ms McGregor is one of the founders of Bendigo’s Suicide Awareness and Prevention Network. Picture: Supplied
While the work “wasn’t always easy to do” and has been “emotionally very, very draining” at times, Ms McGregor hasn’t let it stop her.
Suicide is taboo because people don’t understand it. Most think that people end their own lives because of a character flaw. It’s reprehensible.