I wrote this on my personal Facebook the other week and today decided to put it on here for you guys to read and digest, so here goes... Ive contemplated writing this status on and off for absolutely ages now and saw a blog post that made me think eff it, today is the day. Mental Health and for me it is something very sentimental and close to my heart as I have suffered with Anxiety very badly for as long as I can remember. Over the last year or so I have fully come to the realisation of what it is, learnt about it, what it entails and what can be done to live with it. Something very small and minor can trigger it in me and ruin my entire day, days or week. I remember people saying to me dont worry about it but in my brain at that precise moment its not as easy as that and its not just thoughts and feelings its physical symptoms that come out and can sometimes hinder things that I do in everyday life like going to gigs, going to the shops, socialising and what I love doing, making music. I think when Robin Williams died it showed me how a man more than often seen as the happy and comical type always cracking laughs in the public eye was actually so sad behind closed doors he opted to take his own life. People who know me will know the Gavin that acts the fool, laughs, confidently gobs off, always smiling, always positive and where this is me in wholeheartedly there is also a side that you wont get to see when Im having an anxious moment and at home feeling like Im losing my mind and not in a good place trying to gather sense of how Im feeling whilst tiring my brain out having a battle in my head over something silly. This is not at all a sob story and not a status for people to say oh poor guy Im so sorry to hear about that. My problems are very mild in comparison to many people out there in the world, I just wanted to do this so if your reading this thinking This sounds like me to know your not alone and your most certainly NOT a weirdo, strange, an oddball, pathetic, an embaressment, weak etc etc etc. So many people suffer in silence due to the stigma that has been attached to mental health all these years when its as common in 1 out of 3 people in the UK who deal with it at some point in their life on whatever degree. Sorry for the massive rant but I hope if you can relate to what Im saying it helps and you know you dont have to suffer in silence there is lots or help out there you can access and your not on your own what so ever. 2 absolutely fantastic places to go if can relate with this or want to learn more are... Mind & Time to Change Also an amazing book/audiobook to check is The Chimp Paradox One Love xxx #TimeToChange
Posted on: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 12:08:50 +0000
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