Family puts up holiday trees throughout Maine in honor of son who died by suicide [Video]

The holiday season is in full swing, with Christmas soon approaching, but it’s not a happy time of year for everyone. One study from the National Alliance on Mental Illness shows 64% of people with mental illness say the holidays make their conditions worse.Some are looking to change that statistic. A family from Wells, Maine, is helping remind people that they are not alone this holiday season after losing their own son in 2022.Trent’s Trees honor Trent Gibson, who died by suicide two years ago when he was 18.“I love him, and I miss him, and I wish he stayed,” said Angela Whitten, Trent’s mother. “I wish he’d reached out for help.”Christmas of 2022 marked the first year without Trent for the holidays. His mom says she wanted a tree to keep him included even after he died, and that idea evolved into something more.“It kind of grew from being …