Mental health problems are piling up as the coronavirus upends normal life around the world.
2019 had been a tough year for him. His father had died but he had returned to work the next day at the Chester Chronicle local newspaper in northwest England. He said: "I am not a tearful person. I've always been quite measured. I don't usually get too high or too low but I just felt absolutely crushing lows throughout the day.
Initially, Powell felt loath to approach the health service, fearing he'd be a burden on a system amid the coronavirus crisis. But he eventually spoke to his GP by phone. "The doctor was absolutely fantastic. It just reaffirms my belief in what a wonderful health system we have. "You think everything is rosy with everyone and you're the only person with the problem but it really isn't the case."Jenna Oldridge has battled mental illness since childhoodJenna Oldridge is a 32-year-old teaching assistant working with teenagers with special needs. She lives in Newport, Wales, with her husband.
"So I function, I've contributed to society, I pay my taxes or whatever but I feel exhausted. I feel fatigued. There are days in the morning before I go to work that I might have a panic attack or I might be crying. But then I go to work and I get through the day, and nobody really sees that." Oldridge says she has in some ways found it easier to cope with lockdown because of her long experience of mental illness, and believes that the wider population's brush with isolation is helping them understand mental health more broadly.
The counseling organization, which has 20,000 volunteers around the UK, available by phone or email, 24 hours a day, and aims to always respond to those in need.
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Welcome to the club 50% I been feeling that way all my life. I actually have more relief during lockdown.
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