25/02/2021
James Martin is a Movember ambassador and Mo Bro extraordinaire who has completed several epic challenges for the hairy cause, including running over 185kms in just one month in 2019.
Movember is a cause very close to him as he lives with persistent depressive disorder (also known as Dysthymia), which can make life quite challenging, but James is aware of the feelings that signal another bout of deeper depression and has ways of managing his conditions.
2020, however, was a big test for James as it was for so many others. The year threw several unexpected and very difficult curve balls his way - from work troubles and redundancy to symptoms of prostate cancer, and a hernia that prevented him from exercising - his main coping strategy.
He took some time to talk to us and explain just how got through the year, why he is a Movember Community Ambassador and just how important and life changing getting yourself checked out and talking can be.
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