Rugby coach Adrian Silvester gives an emotional and candid account of the impact mental illness has had on his life. He reveals that coaching is his ‘safe space’ and that his lived experience of crippling anxiety, depression, self-harm, and PTSD has made it easier for him to spot mental health issues in others and offer practical and emotional support and signposting.
“I'm learning that talking is best; don’t hold within. The more I talk about my darkness the easier it is to bear.”