My Journey
From a young age I have been involved in combat sports in one way or another, after having a break from it in my teenage years and returning as an adult I noticed how although I still loved it it had changed from how I saw it as a child.
This made me look at combat sports, martial arts in particular in a different light,
It dawned on me that it hadn’t changed it was my mental health that had, I was still enjoying it but for different reasons, the main reason being the improvements to my mental well-being, While I was training I was in my “safe” space, safe from my concerns, stress and day to day mental health issues.
That hour or two of training allowed me to blank out any other emotions.
This is where combat sports have helped me hugely with improving my mental well-being and is the very reason I decided to set up Mental Health in Combat Sports CIC to introduce others with mental health issues to the sports, also offering existing members of the combat sports community with the support they may need.
