Rhys, managing his own health by supporting others - The Mix

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Rhys, managing his own health by supporting others - The Mix

I’m Rhys, 23, unemployed for medical reasons and live in Essex. I’ve been suffering from mental health issues for 5 years, which has led to me developing agoraphobia and as such, I can’t get a job. This is one of the reasons why I decided to start volunteering. I thought if I can’t leave the...

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Rhys

Its mad to think, all these years later, this has nearly 10,000 views, never in my life when this was made, did I think I would reach so many people. I hope it helped in some small way!

Amy22

I just read the article and it's such a good read. I bet volunteering was definitely very rewarding as well to do. It's something I may be considering soon as I would love to do more for themix and offer support to young people. It's amazing to think how many views this article had @Rhys You should be super proud of volunteering because it sounds like a rewarding job and nice thing to do

Rhys

@Amy22 It feels like a life time ago that I was a moderator here, i dont even remember which year i left. I enjoyed it, but i think my main reason i left was to focus more on my own MH, which is still a work in progress.

Amy22

@Rhys I bet it does, time flies as they say. But I think that's reasonable you took a break because sometimes you have to look after your own mental health too as well as those of others because we need to take care of ourselves too. I hope your doing ok