Richard Maya

My interest in mental health arose from my afflictions with my health when I was younger. When you're young & limited in your resources to care for yourself, you tend to take what you can get with whatever help is available. 

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Because of my limited resources at that time in my life, I couldn't get the same level of care from healthcare providers. This was disheartening & unfortunate, not being able to live life normally like everyone else in my school made it seem like my life was over before it even started. 

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The most supportive access to care I had received was the available information presented online. Ironically, the internet has been notorious for contributing to people's mental health struggles. On the other hand, when high-quality information about a person's health is presented online, it is an opportunity to digest what is shared & apply it inward. 

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A lot of what I learned from my online self-help journey was related to men's health, inflammation, nutrition, anxiety, & depression. When I was in a disenfranchised state of being, the internet with its plethora of credible available information, I felt like I had control over my life.

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The internet can be a great tool to propel people to achieve goals or it can be used to one's self-sabotage. I wanted to create something that was going to be a net benefit to people & a mental health blog was something I can do within my time constraints. Having a community of both readers & writers helps develop an already growing awareness & basic knowledge of mental health. 

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