'I hit rock bottom and couldn't get out of bed - a conversation with my brother changed everything'
An army veteran will be hiking from London to Manchester to encourage others to discuss their mental health after he suffered from severe depression and suicidal thoughts after the birth of his daughter. Andy Schofield, from Manchester, completely withdrew from his friends and family and had even planned his suicide and note when his depression was at its worst.
After completing training to become a military police officer he was posted to Northern Ireland a year later. He said: “The reason I joined the military was to go and serve in a war so I could do my part for the country. So I requested to be transferred over to Dunnington in Telford to complete my pre-deployment training.”
Despite these successes, and Andy’s four-year-old daughter, Matilda, being born in 2018, he reached an incredibly low point in his life – he had severe depression, withdrew from all of his hobbies, did not want to see any of his friends and family and had suicidal thoughts. “Because of that, the suicidal thoughts became much louder and much more prevalent in my mind, to the point where I couldn’t think about anything else. I was obsessed.I had a plan of how I was going to do it – it was just a matter of when. It wasn’t a matter of if.But, Andy’s brother, Robert Schofield, 35, a personal trainer, began to notice he was not acting like his usual self, and he had not been attending the gym, so invited him along one day.
For support for people feeling suicidal, if you are concerned about someone or if you are bereaved by suicide see http://shiningalightonsuicide.org.uk
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