When I got asked in a peer support session to finish the sentence "I am good at" I answered with "I am good at being a jack of all trades". I do not believe that this means jack of all trades, master of none, but instead a master of plenty.
A big part in my life is my own mental health. I am someone who developed depression and anxiety at a young age and most recent developed dissociative disorders such as depersonalisation and derealisation. For a long time I felt alone in terms of my mental illnesses, it took a long time to accept help. I became the Mental Health Student Ambassador at my college, it was then when I found the responsibly I had, making sure students who needed help were heard. A friend suggested a local support group called Evolve, I knew that I wanted to help and get involved, I started at Evolve by asking Founder Nikki if I could practice my online media marketing and content creation, shortly after that I started facilitating sessions, I helped plan events and even was the lead on an animation project with ITV Fixers where we spread the awareness on mental health issues, trauma and why we should seek help. In late 2021 I became manager of Evolve, which I did proudly while also facilitating & managing our website/ social media. In August 2022, Evolve was closed down by its founder.
During time of the closure I felt like my work of helping run a peer support group wasn't over. With the help of some friends who also had peer support experience, we opened Flare, a peer support group for anyone regardless of gender, sexuality, ethnicity, disability, and faith. Flare holds sessions every Thursday via our private server on Discord.