I feel Mind does excellent work, in an area that desperately needs more funding and positive publicity, it is very close to my heart and I wish to do all I can to help.

My aim is to complete this in under 24 hours, which is going to be a big challenge, but hey why do something easy! I am already looking forward to the blisters!

I will be walking the 100km, as most people know - I don't run!

 

I want thank you for your donation and support towards MIND in support of my 100km trek. This charity means so much to me, I feel very passionate about cause as I know first-hand how difficult it is to find support and guidance with mental health difficulties. Since approximately the age of 14 I have struggled with depression and anxiety, and receiving the support and help I needed did not come easily. These services are so underfunded I didn’t get any sort of help until the age of 17 - and even then I was on a 2 year waiting list to see a counsellor and an even longer list to see a CBT therapist. Fortunately my parents could afford to pay for the £20-60 per hour sessions to go privately, however I know for so many people this just isn’t feasible. I had a very bad time during 6 form, I won’t go into detail but I am not proud of myself during that time with what I put my family and friends though. I am slowly getting better and things have been much more positive these last couple of years - however there is still a way to go.

I want to support MIND as I don’t want other people going through similar things to have to suffer in silence, with the stigma of a mental illness and the feeling of abandonment by the health services. This is an invisible illness and it is too often pushed to the side to make room for the more high profile (visible) illnesses.

Once again thank you so much

 

Kirsten x

 

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