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Several years ago I had a pretty rough time and was diagnosed with depression. I had no idea what to do. Looking back, I have no idea how I kept functioning and going to work.

I managed to get the help I needed and over the course of a year and a half, I got back on track - I spent a great deal of time rebuilding, made some changes and started to going to the gym (shout out to the amazing people at Jetts Greensborough!) to improve my fitness. I felt good about myself and a lot happier. I even participated in a 5K Parkrun and raised close to $300 for Beyondblue, an Australian Mental Health Organisation

Fast forward 10 months later and, having made the biggest change I could have made - moving to the other side of the planet, depression hit again, this time without the same support network I had had in Australia.

I relied heavily on techniques for managing I’d learned previously, as well as mental health services offered in Glasgow, and am proud that I’m once again back on track, now with more knowlege and awareness and even more ways to manage if things start getting difficult.

I've decided to challenge myself again and have registered to run the Men’s 10K Glasgow on 17th June 2018 (almost 2 years to the day since I ran my last 5K charity run) to support the work of the Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH), because I believe that awareness and provision of support services for Mental Health is just as important as those for Physical Health.

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