Georgiana Molloy Anglican School student Marshall Grosse hopes to create a more suicide aware school.
The teenager recently went to a Mental Health Leadership Camp by Zero2Hero where he learnt skills to help others struggling with mental health issues.
Marshall said the camp allowed people to express their emotions and learn about how to talk to others who might be struggling.
He said it was 'bloody awesome' that through the safe talk course he was able to identify and help someone who was thinking about suicide.
Taking away one of his key learnings from the camp, Marshall said he hoped to see a committee formed at the school that would also be trained in how to identify if someone was thinking about suicide.
The teenager was motivated to attend the camp after he had a friend that was struggling with her mental health and he couldn't help her.
"I also wanted to meet interesting people and genuine friends and build connections with like minded people," he said.
Marshall said he learnt a lot about himself at the camp.
"Before I was afraid of judgement and I only spoke to my parents about how I was feeling," he said.
"I learnt that if you are not comfortable in expressing your emotions with friends, they are not really your friends, because friends shouldn't judge you."
There was plenty of good things that Marshall said about the camp and what he took away from it, including facing his fear of falling.
They had the challenge of rock climbing and abseiling and Marshall said he wasn't afraid of heights so the abseil was the biggest challenge.
"I climbed the tower and I was really scared, everyone was supportive down below and it was one of my favourite bits [of the camp] to be able to do that," he said.
Marshall loved how quickly everyone at the camp became friends and felt like they were extended family.
"At school there is a hierarchy, but when you go to camp everyone is mates, it was so good," he said.
"My mum always says that you will find your people when you do something you all love. That's what it felt like - that I found my people."
There were a range of ages at the camp and Marshall said it surprised how cool the older teenagers were.
"They were like role models and were so accepting and didn't judge me," he said.
Without a doubt, Marshall would recommend the camp to others.
"You get to meet cool people and find who you are as a person and break down walls and be your authentic self," he said.
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