The Vicious Circle of Reaching Out and Asking for Help – A Mental Health Patient’s Perspective

ABSTRACT

In this paper I am reflecting on ‘asking for help’ as a mental health patient. I use myself as a case study to consider the process and what needs to be addressed to make it easier.

KEYWORDS:

• Mental health
• lived experience
• patient perspective

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Mig Burgess Walsh

Mig Burgess Walsh is Senior Lecturer in lighting on the Theatre Production course at the Guildford School of Acting part of the University of Surrey. She is also a trustee and Co Chair of the Association of British Theatre Technicians (ABTT), and a trustee of the Backup Tech charity for the entertainment industry. She is a qualified Mental Health First Aid instructor and is a passionate advocate for staff well-being in the backstage theatre and live events industry, having authored several industry guidance notes on well-being. Her practice based research uses her production design skills to work on creative projects with partners in the social science fields to create visually stimulating research around the topics of mental health and well-being. She lives with Bipolar disorder and is passionate in her pursuit to see well-being develop in the workplace and promote more awareness on mental health.