Were a good bunch here, so i'll be open and hopefully this thread can be for those who want to be open up about mental health issues relating to themselves or family / friends etc.
Mental health still has an unnecessary stigma, we have close friends and family who refuse to acknowledge mental health problems for fear of being judged.
I for one have suffered with mental health issues most of my life, from episodes of depression to issues with social anxiety.
There are still days where I don't want to leave the house, but i've worked through them, with the help of a doctor to mindfulness techniques and support from friends.
We are all on a long journey, a journey no one else can fully understand, we all deal with it in different ways.
This doesn't define me, i'm not too proud or stubborn anymore to not be open about this, I still work very hard to overcome my problems.
My job entails me to get up a stage and present my work regularly, in the background it's killing me, but the sense of achievement once i've overcome the anxiety is amazing but it's not easy.
I've seen first hand , how under funded mental-health institutions are here in the UK and how under educated doctors are in dealing with mental health issues.
So here's a thread, me opening up about my ongoing mental health issues and how it doesn't define me, i'm still fucking awesome at what I do, world-leading in fact (one of my supervisors invented the web ), but i'm just human, and the more open dialog there is about mental health, the better it is for all.
Much love,
Mental health still has an unnecessary stigma, we have close friends and family who refuse to acknowledge mental health problems for fear of being judged.
I for one have suffered with mental health issues most of my life, from episodes of depression to issues with social anxiety.
There are still days where I don't want to leave the house, but i've worked through them, with the help of a doctor to mindfulness techniques and support from friends.
We are all on a long journey, a journey no one else can fully understand, we all deal with it in different ways.
This doesn't define me, i'm not too proud or stubborn anymore to not be open about this, I still work very hard to overcome my problems.
My job entails me to get up a stage and present my work regularly, in the background it's killing me, but the sense of achievement once i've overcome the anxiety is amazing but it's not easy.
I've seen first hand , how under funded mental-health institutions are here in the UK and how under educated doctors are in dealing with mental health issues.
So here's a thread, me opening up about my ongoing mental health issues and how it doesn't define me, i'm still fucking awesome at what I do, world-leading in fact (one of my supervisors invented the web ), but i'm just human, and the more open dialog there is about mental health, the better it is for all.
Much love,