Mental Health Awareness Month

May is Mental Health Awareness Month.

As some of you readers, members, and followers, of Texas Freshwater Fly Fishing may know. I struggle with mental health issues, and will be sharing more about this (and what fly fishing does for me) throughout the month.

I also plan to share the stories of other that have bravely and generously shared with me. I would love to share more stories as well. If you have a seen fly fishing have a positive impact on the mental health of yourself or others around you, and would like to share your story, please reach out to texasfreshwaterflyfishing@gmail.com. I would love to share your story, as we bring attention and awareness to something that so many keep hidden away. If you would like to talk, but not have your story shared with other. Feel free to reach out to me as well.

To start the month off, here are a couple articles I have written that relate to my mental health struggles and fly fishing:

LOW

"February and March were definitely low points for me. Not that I was feeling down every single day, there were good days, but overall those months were tough. I think a large part of what brought me down was the greatly reduced amount of time I had to dedicate to TFFF, and I felt bad about that. The few times I actually did have time to work on TFFF, I just was not feeling it, and was not in the mood at all. Feeling low is a sinking spiral. You are down, so you don't want to do anything, but your lack of doing anything brings you down more...(more)"

SOMETIMES WE STRUGGLE

"Sometimes we struggle. And I am not talking about the struggle to catch fish (although I certainly struggle with that more often than not.) I am talking about struggles in our mental health life. Sometimes things happen that cause our struggles, sometimes there isn't anything to point to as a cause, it is just there...(more)"

I hope those articles will inspire others to share their story and struggles. The more we can bring attention to mental health, the more others will be able to find the help they need.

Peace out-side, y'all.

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