Have another podcast you lucky people. 😎 This was a bit of a big one for me.
After all that's happened this week in regards to the interview with Harry and Meghan, I thought it a good time to chat a bit about my opinions and experience with these difficult issues.
Everyone knows by now I'm a pretty open book, I'm very happy to talk about my past and my anxiety/depression. But I've never really chatted too much about feeling suicidal, which I have on a number of occasions. I chatted about the different worries you feel when you're talking about these issues.
When I first opened up about my mental health, I wasn't worried about people not believing me. I was worried people would think it was just a bit lame and silly. I'm glad to say I was wrong and everyone so far has been hugely supportive. But I think the reason I've never got into the more serious issues I've had is because I was worried people wouldn't believe it.
It's such a difficult issue to address for many people, I think theres just a lack of understanding and a huge amount of stigma still. The conversation around mental health has improved hugely and barriers are being broken, but I think discussing suicide is still something people struggle with.
All I can say is that talking about it helped me hugely, it doesn't have to be a big grand moment where you get everything off your chest, but just starting a conversation is a huge step. Hope you enjoy the episode 🙏🏼
