In today's episode of the Talking Reality Podcast we discuss the reasons we have not uploaded any content for quite some time. Please be warned, this episode involves a very deep and sometimes uncomfortable discussion around ill mental health, which some viewers may find uncomfortable. The purpose of this episode is to draw attention to how quickly anxiety/depression and ill mental health can take over your life, and intrusive thoughts can create a distorted reality in our heads. If anybody watching this is having their own struggles, please reach out, there is help out there. Please find a number of supportive charities below.

Samaritans

https://www.samaritans.org/

Call 116 123

Andy's Man Club

https://andysmanclub.co.uk/

Calm

https://www.calm.com/

Mind

https://www.mind.org.uk/about-us/what...

Rethink Mental Illness

https://www.rethink.org/advice-and-in...0:00 Intro

1:21 Dark thoughts

3:49 Police showed up

5:11 the night I ended up in hospital

6:17 What were the triggers ?

8:43 Distorted reality

11:15 Relying on others to be happy

12:52 Toxic Relationships

14:05 The compound effect

15:02 Regulating emotions

18:13 Being in hospital

20:27 Addiction

27:08 Taking the first step

35:00 Focus on recovery

41:28 The power of helping others

44:10 Andy's Man Club

47:50 Battling emotion and logic

54:50 There is help out there