My Mental Health Journal

Hi and welcome to my first blog. I’m not sure where to start or what to write as I’m new to all this. I guess this blog will just be me getting all my thoughts and feelings out there instead of keeping them inside my mind. It’s good to talk so they say.

I guess the best thing to do is tell you all how my mental health issues started. I’ve been battling with depression and anxiety since 2017, which all started as a result of an operation on my foot as I suffered with arthritis. Not the best condition to have when you’ve been a postman for over 17 years walking between 10-15 miles a day. I was housebound for around 12 to 14 weeks while I recovered. From meeting people six days a week in my job to then having nothing during this time, just the same 4 walls day in day out to look out things started to go wrong for me, and fast. I’ve been struggling ever since, so much so that I even attempted suicide, I was ready to end it all. Thankfully I’m still here, still fighting and still going to try everything I can do best this and hopefully by doing this blog it will help others that are suffering too.

Thank you for your time and I hope reading this will help you in some way.