There but for the grace of God… โ
August 02, 2019 – Three years before Saoirse Kennedy Hill tragically died at age 22 from a suspected drug overdose, she penned an emotionally raw essay for her high schoolโs newspaper about her struggle with depression.
In a 2016 piece published in Deerfield Academyโs student newspaper, The Deerfield Scroll, a then-19-year-old Saoirse opened up about her longtime battle with her mental health and advocated for more conversation around the topic.
The granddaughter of the late Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedyalso revealed in her raw essay that she had attempted to take her own life two weeks before her junior year started and later sought out treatment when the โstressesโ of the school year became too much for her.
โMy depression took root in the beginning of my middle school years and will be with me for the rest of my life,โ Saoirse wrote. โAlthough I was mostly a happy child, I suffered bouts of deep sadness that felt like a heavy boulder on my chest.โ
