Lana Elliott

coach

Hi am Lana Davison, a 34-year-old with both mental and physical health problems. Before I was diagnosed with mental health issues, I thought I had a handle on life. I had a good job, supportive family and friends, and a sense of purpose at the time. But then my mental health issues started to take hold. Anxiety and depression began to rule over my life, resulting in it being difficult to stay on top of the day-to-day things that I had once been so good at. I lost my job, friends, and family as well as 2 attempts to take my life. To say my life was a mess was an understatement. I drank ALOT, anything to make the noise in my head, and the sense of failure, not only for myself but also for my family, disappear. Life gets hard, really hard. Many of the friendship groups I had gotten into were all doing the same self-destructive things I was, so I felt there was nowhere to turn. This time in my life was the lowest. But instead of giving in to my struggles, I decided to change! I joined a drug and alcohol program to stop drinking, and I did, which felt like a huge achievement. I saw a therapist who helped me get to the root of my problems. Week in and week out she found ways to silence the noise in my head after all. Now don’t get me wrong I still struggle! I still take anti-depressants and anti-anxiety medication and have my physical limitations, but I’m back to being me. The me that doesn’t want to drink, who is happy with her own company, who has a fabulous fiancée, house, pets, all the things mental health initially took from me.