Your Voice, Your Vote: More help needed for mental health

After trying to take his own life last year, Simon wants politicians to prioritise investment in mental health so that more people can get the help they need.“I just felt like I'd let everybody down, that I'd failed, that I wasn't good enough, that I would be better off not here any more.”

The 46-year-old works for a food and drink manufacturer and lives in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, with his wife and teenage daughter.Your Voice, Your VoteLast year, Simon's mental health was suffering due to pressures at work and home. He was on the waiting list for an autism assessment - which still has not happened.

Simon says even though he’s “not there yet” in his recovery, that overall he is doing “fantastically well”.“If I had the face-to-face support before, then I probably wouldn't have had the issues that I had in November,” he says.Simon now wants to see greater investment in mental health services and for the parties to prioritise mental health this election.

Rosie Weatherley, spokesperson for Mind, says it’s “very, very urgent that whoever comes into the next government prioritises mental health”.He says there is often a sense among men that they “need to man up, grow up".

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