Time to talk
It was about ten years ago that I found myself in a room listening to Stephen Fry talk about his experiences of mental illness. I was a completely different person then struggling with multiple demons, an eating disorder, depression, anxiety attacks, and very difficult family circumstances. I was listening to Stephen Fry because he was talking at an event where the aim was to raise awareness of mental illness and to make the topic a lot less scary and shameful. At the time I had a limited understanding of why mental health should not be taboo, but I did passionately believe it shouldn’t be. Over the next ten years I would learn to manage my own mental health and understand the complexities of the subject.
Read More »Time to talk