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"Would you rather be proactive about your health, or be reactive as needed?" If you pose this question, I highly doubt you'll find someone who'll select the latter (and if you do, I'd be very interested to meet them and learn more). I think we all agree that it's important to be proactive about our health - physical health, mental health, emotional health - but when it comes to actually putting this into practice, we fail . We are finally coming to a stage where it is more acceptable to talk about our health issues, and we are supported on these. I'm especially pleased to see many organisations, carrying forward the discussion on mental health issues and how we can support those around us ( http://www.kenyannomad.com/2017/07/lets-talk-about-mental-health.html ) However, I firmly believe that we won't have as much impact as we'd like if we don't address prevention alongside supporting treatment . Personally, I've tried to get more proactive ...

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realise this and you will find strength. -Marcus Aurelius When I was 14 years old, I dislocated my patella while playing basketball. Naturally, it took a while to recover, and I was in a full leg cast for about 5-7 weeks, and crutches for a while after that. I remember finding it very easy talking about the incident whenever anyone asked - I naturally (and correctly) assumed that they would understand. "Oh yeah, I dislocated my knee. Should be fine soon, though! I just need to take some time to recover." Fast forward a few years later - I found that it wasn't that easy to talk about my experience with depression . In the spirit of being open, and vulnerable (and let me tell you that I'm not too fond of being vulnerable), because of some conversations I've been having recently, and given that it's been more than 4 years since, I decided that it was about time to share. It was my junior year of college that thi...