So, I can finally tell people I have done a thing for Glamour Magazine! In the past few months I have been trying to raise awareness about mental health issues, partly due to me running the London Marathon for Mind - have I mentioned it much!? I did a piece talking about my mental health for the Yorkshire Evening Post in May, and now I have done another article through Mind for Glamour Magazine, it came out today! Go get one! The article focuses on 4 women who have dealt with - and overcome - feelings of suicide. I have been very vocal about my problems with Bipolar Disorder since I ran the Marathon, but only those closest to me know how bad my mental health really was, I was hearing voices, self harming, had thoughts that I wanted to end my life. 3 years ago I did, try to commit suicide. I have overcome these feelings now and hopefully by me and the other women in the article sharing our stories it might help people who are feeling suicidal. It also might make other people see, that while you might be seen as coping on the inside, your dying on the inside. I got so sick of feeling stigmatized about my mental health, thats why I have chosen to do things like this to try and change peoples perceptions, and maybe one day mental health will be something that is excepted. I just wish I could go back in time and show the Maxine of 3,4,5 years ago this and show everything I would eventually achieve and overcome.
Posted on: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 09:17:05 +0000
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