PT SAYER

 I recently had an interesting conversation with one of my PT client's, who asked me, how was I able to get to the point I am now with my mental health ? good question.  For a quick context, this client is currently going through her own mental health battles, and i must add, doing very well with it! Not only have I been training her for the last five months, I have also been trying to help her with her mental health.  But, back to the Question in hand, How am I now in a good place with my own mental health and what did I do ? well, its not an easy question to answer to be honest, it's been a long time coming. For another quick bit of context and history, I have battled mental health issues since I was a teenager, over twenty years. I have experienced Anxiety, Stress, Social anxiety, Bulling and Sexual abuse to name just a few. I have been diagnosed incorrectly and been on numerous different antidepressants. I have experienced three different bouts of Denationalization (a...

  I personally believe antidepressants get a bad name when brought up in conversations regarding mental health.  whenever i speak to anyone regarding treatments they have tried for their mental well-being regarding antidepressants, most of the responses seem to be a hard no. And to a degree I do understand the responses, not wanting to be reliant on tablets "for the rest of my life", most people would rather rely on and try natural methods to help with their mental well-being.  The general view seems to include a change of personality caused by the antidepressants, and the stigma attached to being someone to takes them or is reliant on taking them. My counter argument to this is, would you take pain killers if you had a headache ? would you take medicine if you had another illness ? would you take antibiotics if you had an infection ? the answer is yes, so why would you not take something that is going to help you with your mental well-being ?  I want to clarify that...

 TRIGGER WARNING! Contents and views are 100% mine, this post is not intended to speak for anyone else. Believe it or not i still have thoughts about what it would be like to not carry on, to end it all.  I know this topic is still very sensitive and upsetting to the general population, its deemed selfish to a lot of people, and its a topic we are in the process of trying to bring more attention too, in a positive way, a way in which we are trying to stop more people from going through on. And BELIEVE me i am actually one of those people, I try to be a true advocate for mental health, and the last thing i would want to hear about is someone leaving behind family and friends. I have a family myself and would not want them to grow up without me being around, or thinking about my wife having to cope without me, not that she wouldn't, but you know what i mean.  To be honest, I don't have a large or small circle of friends either, i suppose i have acquaintances and work collea...