Welcome to Proper Mental Episode 7 and this week it's my story.
My name is Tom Davies and I’m a husband, father and at the time of recording a co-host of The Proper Mental Podcast.
In 2016, after the birth of my first child, I started to struggle with my mental health. It was the start of a long journey towards recovery and put a huge strain on my life and family. I spent 2 years pretending that nothing was happening before my wife intervened. Last year, after a particularly rough few months, I decided to close my business and focus purely on recovery.
While dealing with all this, I took strength from hearing other people talk about their own mental health and it was this that eventually led to The Proper Mental Podcast.
Chris and I chat about my journey, not asking for help, meditation, medication, self-talk and self-care. It’s a big chat and we cover a lot of ground! As usual we tackle some pretty dark subjects but there’s humour in there too. I hope you find it relatable and I hope you get something from it.
I’ve got to admit I feel a bit nervous about putting this out! I’m happy to chat to my family and friends about mental health and I consider myself open about the subject but putting it out to the world on a podcast is quite intimidating to say the least!
I want to encourage people to speak up and ask for help but I don’t want to skip over the fact that speaking up is incredibly hard to do. It’s not easy, there’s a million reasons why people feel like they can’t. I don’t believe in regrets but if I could change one thing then I would have asked for help sooner. That’s something that really comes across in this chat.
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