Mental health is often overlooked until it's too late. When that happens, it's a long way back to recovery.

Stacy Cashmore shares her story involving mental health problems and how trusting people and asking for help will lead you to a better state mentally.

Finding out what works for you and accommodating for yourself should not make you feel bad. It's completely healthy to look after and take care of your mental health.

My favourite quote:

"Everybody has mental health. Some people have mental health problems, but EVERYBODY has mental health and if you don't look after your mental health then you're going to get mental health problems"

Enjoy! 🎙

Connect with Stacy Cashmore:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/stacycash

https://twitter.com/Stacy_Cash

https://www.twitch.tv/stacyclouds

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Big shoutout to Xebia for making this episode possible!

Full episode on YouTube ▶️

https://youtu.be/Yrd3RGEMb-Y

OUTLINE:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:42:08 - Relistening to yourself

03:01:28 - Not recognising yourself on screen

05:24:32 - Speaking in front of a big audience

07:28:10 - Anxious before going on stage

09:27:03 - Struggling at work and at home

11:23:46 - Attending Techorama lead to Stacy's first conference talk

19:44:41 - Committing to do something

21:49:15 - Metal health issues from a young age

24:30:00 - Mentally and physically running out of steam

25:28:08 - Reaching out for help

28:38:49 - Taking care of your mental health

33:10:06 - How people want to be interacted with

36:02:32 - Acommodating for your mental health

37:53:28 - Taking care of yourself and saying no

41:25:33 - Stacy's therapist gave her an order

44:37:30 - The people that guard us from doing too much

46:41:35 - Not overstepping boundaries

48:41:13 - How to ask for help for your mental health

52:39:00 - Find what works for you

56:12:09 - Someone that can give you support