Made me Suicidal, Why me?, Family Expectations - Let's Talk: Men's Mental Health

Carrying the weight of expectations can be really tough. Especially for someone expecting to make it far in football. Elliot talks us through what his family hoped and expected, to then what he felt when his body started breaking down in his early teen years. Operation after operation, losing his identity, suicidal thoughts and then eventually patterns of addiction. These are familiar stories for many lads when their expectations of themselves or others is not met. The group rally around him as many of the subjects like suicide, addiction and family have been discussed in previous episodes so they have personal experiences. It's a great showing of a group who have now finished their journey together in the form of these episodes. Let's Talk is a group environment for 6 men to sit with a Clinical Psychologist and to digest, discuss and support each other in their own mental health journeys. The men have volunteered to step forward and use this format, all with their own unknown stories that they are looking to grow from. These men do not know each other. Many people experience the term "you need to talk more", but rarely with a follow up of how. This format is the how.