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Episode 30 | The Journey of Disclosing a Mental Illness | ft. Rob Vanstone

Beyond the Checkbox

English - April 27, 2021 22:00 - 59 minutes - 40.7 MB
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Rob Vanstone is a Sports Editor and Columnist with the Regina Leader-Post, where he is well known for covering the Saskatchewan Roughriders football team. On Bell Let's Talk day in January of 2021, Rob disclosed to the world that he has been suffering from mental illness for much of his life, living in the shadows of stigma, where it took years to even admit to his wife what he was going through. Rob discusses his mental health story, how he's lived with anxiety and depression, and how it's impacted him since disclosing to the world.