This year has been an emotional rollercoaster from having a relationship breakdown to being homeless losing my job and everything to social services being involved with my daughter. 

I suffer with mental health and been asking for help from the professionals being told I have to wait then when homeless being told no because I don't have a fixed abode. I felt hopeless worthless and that nobody cared so I wanted to end my life I couldn't cope with everything I could not see a future I had nothing to fight for although I had children. I remembered my Scott worked with mental health. 

Scott I knew personally through working as a doorman becoming brothers on the door at my final breaking point I called him in pieces. Scott came to my aid this is where the journey began with Open Doors Open Minds.

From the start I was offered someone I could relate to and trust to open up and release my past demons as well as my current situations the support in going to the doctors going to the council support on social services. It's not been an easy road getting daily check in call to see how I'm feeling and all sorts.

In my situation if I didn't make that one call or Scott didn't pick up that one call I wouldn't of been here to write this my kids wouldn't of had a dad and my mum would of had to bury her one and only child.

The journey to recovery is still ongoing but with the support of Gareth and Scott who have also helped a few of my mates I have become stronger in my beliefs in being a better person I have been housed and I'm going to get help with therapy they have been the support I needed when I felt alone.

 

Open Doors Open Minds have saved my life and are still keeping me alive for me to be able to tell my story and maybe help the next person who feels alone feels worthless. 

 

Thank you O.D.O.M.