According to the World Health Organisation, mental health conditions are increasing worldwide. There was a 13% rise in mental health conditions and substance use disorders in the decade to 2017. Mental health conditions now cause 1 in 5 years lived with disability, depression being one of the leading causes. Around 20% of children and adolescents have a mental health condition, with suicide the second leading cause of death among 15-29-year-olds. Mental health conditions can have a substantial effect on all areas of life, such as school or work performance, relationships with family and friends and ability to participate in the community. People with severe mental health conditions die prematurely – as much as two decades early – due to preventable physical conditions.

For this reason, it’s important to raise awareness of these matters, to promote conversations and help instigate interventions that can help.

Almost everybody at some point in their life will experience some kind of impact on their mental health and wellbeing. Whether that’s through personal trauma, the loss of a loved one, work related stress, illness, or in so many other ways. Although this is often temporary for many, there can be ongoing issues such as the fear of such episodes coming back under similar circumstances.

In this episode, we provide a compilation of clips from some of our interviews with guests who have shared with us their experiences with mental health and wellbeing issues. From working to live a full, adventurous life of achievement having been a double amputee since the age of nine, like Tony Christiansen, or having a very public ‘meltdown’ as MP Todd Muller described it when he took on the job of ‘Leader of the Opposition’ in the New Zealand Parliament, through to dealing with depression and anxiety as award winning author Lee Murray has, or being diagnosed with multiple disorders on the Autism Spectrum, like up and coming star, singer and song writer Sophie Maude.

We hope that these clips provide some insight as to the impact these matters have had on the lives of some of our guests, who have managed to work through or embrace their challenges to continue living positive and successful lives.

For more information from each guest, view their whole episodes on our channel.

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