A grieving family affected by teen suicide

My friend doesn’t ask for help, so imma do it for her. My friend is a great mother to her children. I am creating this page because she needs help. She is not able to grieve properly due to having to be there for her daughter in her time of need as well.

On December 14, 2022 Jacori decided to end his battle with anxiety and depression. The paramedics were able to bring him back he was sedated and put on a ventilator until the 26th of December when he took his last breath. No one in our family realize that behind Jacori’s big smile was so much pain.

He was strong, smart, loving, caring, silly, protective, active and full of joy with a smile that stretched from cheek to cheek. But behind that smile, hid depression & mental health issues that seemed unbearable to overcome. No one realized that behind Jacori’s big smile was so much pain. We will always question Why didn’t we see how sad he really was.

Jacori loved sports with basketball being his favorite. He loved hanging with his friends and family. The day that his incident happened. He was so excited about starting the basketball season when they went back to school from winter break. The day after it happened he was supposed to be going to a school dance with his girlfriend which he was super excited about. We are so confused on why he decided to do it.

Jacori leaves behind his mother, his father, his sister(10 y/o)and his brother(5 y/o). Jacori was able to donate his organs, we felt like that is something that he definitely would have wanted us to do. He would want us to help as many people as possible. The 13 years that Jacori was on this earth he has touched so many people of different ages, race or genders. To know him is to love him, and he was definitely a star that shined really bright.

Jacori‘s younger sister found him hanging from the banister in their home. There are no words of comfort that can repair the pain to our hearts right now. There was no warning signs. It has been almost 2 months since Jacori has taken his last breath and we as a family are not taking it well. There will be no more sports games, birthdays, no more cheerful smiles. There won’t be a prom or graduation party. This pain is real. We are still unsure of why he actually did it.

My friend is dealing with a lot from her emotions as well as her daughters. Her daughter isn’t dealing with the death of her brother very well. They was best friend. They were extremely close. She now is battling with mental health issues of her own, which is keeping my friend from working like she needs to so we ask that you find it in your hearts to help this grieving family in this time of need.

Yes, we are looking for support for my friend and her daughter, but we are also trying to bring light to suicide. It’s such a permanent decision often made because of the temporary problem has life devastating outcomes that ripple across our society.

A note from his mom

Talk to your children sometimes they’re not gonna feel comfortable talking to you, but let them know that there’s other resources, get them involved in counseling. I didn’t get that opportunity because again my son didn’t show the signs to us. Listen to your kids, depression and anxiety is real and us as adults have a hard time dealing with that so I can only imagine a child, especially a young teen that is already dealing with the changes in their body. Growing up a lot of us were told “you ain’t depressed you don’t got no bills ain’t nothing wrong with you” when in reality they have a lot of stuff they got going on to that they don’t understand. Also, if they tell you that something is going on, don’t judge them. If they tell you that they’re sad or feel a type away about something take that serious, because being in the situation if my son would’ve told me anything was wrong with him, I would have made sure that I did everything that I could’ve did to help him because this what I’m going through I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy. The death of any relative any friend anything seems normal compared to this.