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Let's Talk about mental health. I teamed up with lettering artist @kateforrester999 to create the @lets_talk_uk campaign which launched in the @obsmagazine today. ⠀ A free outdoor exhibition of the project will be on display from 8th October in @regentsplace thanks to the support of @britishlandplc ⠀ Everyone featured in the @lets_talk_uk project has had mental health difficulties. This is Lucy and this is her story: When I'm having a bad episode of depression I feel the deepest sadness that I just can't place. It runs right through my body and my heart physically aches. Often tears fall from my eyes when I'm out in busy places - it's hard to explain but when that happens I'm not actively crying...the tears are moving separately to my emotions and just pour out. I feel a lot of shame and embarrassment when I'm low, I feel like it's not valid, that others have it worse than me and I shouldn't be feeling so low. Talking has helped me so much. Being accepted for the whole of me (including mental health problems) is really empowering. The advice I would give someone suffering would be: talk, talk, talk. Find a therapist, keep trying different ones until you find the right one for you. Don't be put off.⠀ Celebrate the small successes - getting up or leaving the house are major victories sometimes. Also be with nature. See the frost in spring and the new daffodils push through regardless - we can all take something from that. Be grateful. Be grateful every day for something... it will naturally lift your spirits. Hold on. It will pass. It won't be like this forever. ⠀ ⠀ #letstalk #speakup #mentalhealthmatters #mentalhealth #mentalhealthsupport #mentalhealthawarenessmonth #mentalillnessawareness #talk #mentalillness #britishland #mentalhealthuk #regentsplace #exhibition #campaign #designyourlife #mentalhealthawareness #timetotalk #handlettering #photography #portrait #mentalhealthuk ⠀

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