Bournemouth university student tells all about living life with mental illness THIS time last year, mental health didn’t mean much to former Bournemouth University student Alex Geraghty. But following a traumatic experience in his first year, he started having panic attacks and was afraid of meeting new people. He explains: “One year ago I had heard of conditions like depression and bipolar but could only hazard a guess at what these terms meant. “But following a traumatic experience in my first year I started experiencing panic attacks when meeting people for the first time. “I would even find it difficult to maintain conversations with friends and family, fearing that I was weird and my character dislikeable.” Following an intensive course of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), along with strong support from a close network of family and friends, Alex has been able to regain control of his life. According to local consultant psychiatrist, Dr Laurence Mynors-Wallis, a medical director at Dorset Healthcare, mental health issues are very common. “Around one in four will suffer with a mental health problem at some stage in their life and most of those people won’t go to their GP, let alone a psychiatrist. bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/11212246.Bournemouth_university_student_tells_all_about_living_life_with_mental_illness/?ref=rss
Posted on: Thu, 15 May 2014 07:21:32 +0000
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