Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

In September 2015 I had an event that massively knocked me off my feet. I'd just moved to uni, so I was in a new place where I had no idea how to help myself and so I just massively spiraled. It sounds cliche but even just getting out of bed became the hardest thing that I could possibly do. Luckily I had a couple of friends that just about pulled me through and I was diagnosed with depression in Jan 2016.  It's still something that I constantly battle with 3 years later.

Not everyone is lucky enough to have those friends to push them in the right direction. Even still, it took me 3-4 months to actually try and do anything about my condition. The mind charity helps to provide a direction for people who don't know how to help themselves, it could be the difference between life or death.

Awareness of mental health issues is definitely rising but we need to keep pushing that awareness. Mind takes part in lobbying governments to help promote mental health, something that I believe is a huge step towards tackling mental health issues.

You'll be able to find me live on twitch.tv/OliPlays13 for the event starting at 2pm UK time on Sunday the 16th of June. I'll be playing football manager and a couple of other games accross the time!