Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

My name is Hayley Mai Sullivan and am wanting to raise money for Mind and RAMH.

These charities are close to me as I myself have first hand experience dealing with Mental Illness. Family and friends have also dealt with Mental Health Illnesses and some have managed to recover and some have fell victim to this disease.

I myself have experienced extreme depression whereby just getting out of bed is a struggle. Everything you do feels like an effort. More problems arise including anxiety, agoraphobia, and under eating / over eating. This makes it difficult to have a "normal life" including working, having relationships, friendships and generally doing anything as everything seems boring and an effort.

One of my dear friends fell victim of drugs and alcohol and subsequently took his own life. he was the person you would least associate with depression. He was popular, good at sports, good academically, well liked by people but something inside was not right. Depression and addiction like all illnesses DO NOT Discriminate.

I am not cured but am fighting this everyday, some days better than others.

I have also been to various testing's to see if there is another issue with myself i.e. PPD - paranoid personality disorder. I have tried medication, CBT,  Self - Help Groups and yet none appear to help because I didn't accept I needed help.

Once in this mind-set it is very difficult to snap out of it but with everyday I am fighting it I am getting stronger and the depression is getting weaker. I have accepted help and support from these two charities and would like to give something back to them as well as doing something for myself (being the Trek).

I know the goal amount seems like a lot but any donation is more than helpful and means a lot to myself and the charities.

Many thanks for reading my story and hopefully it will help others realise there is another option when dealing with a mental illness and that is

"TO FIGHT"

Hayley Mai Sullivan

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