Alastair Campbell: My Story Of Living With Mental Illness

On today’s episode is Alastair Campbell, who worked as director of communications and strategy for former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair. However since then, Alastair has gone on to become a prominent mental health campaigner, and also speaks publicly about his own struggles with mental illness.
Back in 1986, Alastair was working as a journalist, had an unhealthy relationship with alcohol and ended up having a psychotic mental breakdown which led to him actually being arrested and even spending time in hospital.
He gave up drinking soon after that low point, thinking it was potentially the root of his problems, but he soon discovered that some of the demons were still there in the form of depression. Alastair has suffered with depression on and off ever since, even during his high profile and intense years in government, but has since learned to manage his mental illness and shares his story publicly in the hope that it helps others.
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[@helenmapleston628]

Great interview and points covered about dealing with mental health and coping strategies. I liked that Alistair said that out of his worst experiences with depression he went on to do some creative work . 16 books !!!!!!. Very insightful and inspiring.

[@BackOnTrackPodcast]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this Helen! Yeah I was really interested to see if there were some positive things that came out of his suffering, and it’s really inspiring to hear that there were! 😊👍

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Very interesting content

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[@emilyemily921]

Some great points made in this. Great podcast

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Thank you! 😊

[@BookManLover]

Fantastic Interview!

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Thank you! I’d love to hear what you think about some of the other episodes too! 😊👍

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@@BackOnTrackPodcast Some of the other titles have already caught my eye! I’m looking forward to getting through them 😎

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@@BookManLover Great stuff - I really hope you enjoy them 😊👍

[@paulasubira1020]

Loved this podcast, you guys had a nice connection and lots of important things were talked about!