Clovis man uses Halloween decorations to bring attention to mental health

CLOVIS, Calif. (KFSN) — A Clovis man is utilizing his Halloween show to ship a message.

This 12 months, Michael Gallego is handing out greater than sweet. He’s additionally offering literature from the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI).

Gallegos’ 31-year-old son, Scott, died in July after struggling in silence for years.

Scott struggled with psychological sickness and used alcohol to manage.

“He died of cirrhosis, he drank himself to dying,” stated Gallegos. “I take a look at photos now and see his unhappy eyes when he was younger, I want we may have modified it. I want we’d have identified.”

Now, he’s utilizing his lights to shine a highlight on psychological well being and the assets which are out there.

The household hopes the Halloween show will come to represent caring for your psychological well being.

They say sadly it is too late for his or her liked one — nevertheless it would not must be for yours.

If you or somebody you realize is having a psychological well being disaster, assist is simple to search out. You can call or text 988 to speak to somebody across the clock.