Interrupting the Story: How Survivor Mark Meier Turned His Fight Against Depression Into a Fight for Men’s Mental Health
Patrick McKenna speaks candidly with Meier about their journeys with mental illness, why it is so important to end the stigma around men discussing their mental health and the validation that comes with helping someone who is struggling.
After battling depression and anxiety for many years, Mark Meier almost lost his own life to suicide. The pain and mental instability he had struggled with for so long almost pushed him over the edge, but the cry from his then infant daughter interrupted his plan and saved his life. From there, he worked to come out from the darkness and regained his mental wellbeing. Meier decided he needed to help others, so in 2009 he and Bill Dehkes founded the Face It Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to helping men understand and overcome depression and reduce the troublingly high rates of male suicide. Through peer support, men’s support groups and public advocacy, Face It has done tremendous work toward helping others and ending the stigma around depression and mental illness.
