Laura

I didn’t shout about it at the time so not many people know this but I had a bit of a mental break down last summer.

I had been lucky enough to get to my late 30’s without really struggling with anxiety or depression and I have to admit, I didn’t really understand it until it hit me.

I went from being loud, confident and very sure of myself to feeling unable to make a decision and worried about literally everything. I didn’t want to leave the house, I had to sign myself off work for a couple of weeks and I felt really scared about what was going on with me. There was no 1 reason why! Maybe a mixture of things, who knows!

I have a great support network and contacted the doctors who referred me to talk plus which helped so much. I researched online and tried really, really hard to push through it.

At the end of the year I decided i needed to make some positive changes to my lifestyle and while looking into what I could do, I found The Evolution Project in Camberley. I signed up to their 8 week transformation project and since 15th Jan this year, I have been going to their classes 4-5 times a week.

I can’t explain to you how much this gym and the trainers there have helped me in just 4-5 weeks. In fact even the current members are so supportive and encouraging! I never thought I would love exercising as much as I do. I certainly never did at any “normal” gym! and the fact I’m up at 5am everyday to go proves that 😆 I’ll be continuing with Evo long after the 8 weeks is finished! 

They’ve got a huge group doing tough mudder in May and I’ve only gone and signed up 🤪🙈 

I couldn’t think of a better charity to fundraise for than MIND after my experiences the last year. If you can spare some pennies I would be very grateful!

And if anyone is struggling, please reach out, to me, to family, to MIND, and just know you are not alone