Hey everyone, hope you’re all well today. This is my fourth new style of blog. So far so good, I’m hoping you’re all enjoying it.

I’m going to have guests answer some questions, and hope it helps someone out there.

Today my fourth guest is someone I met a couple of months ago, his name is Caan and we met at our local walk and talk suffolk group. Caan’s day job is a self employed fishmonger, luckily technology hasn’t got smellovision yet so we wont smell the fish.

Question 1. I know that you’re a father but do you think that there is enough support out there for dads struggling with their mental health? I see help for mums but what about dads?

found very early on to becoming a dad that all midwives and people coming to see my son, they would always ask the mother how she was doing and always make a joke of “I hope daddy is looking after you”. But they never asked how I was doing which I thought was pretty bad, I had no idea what I was doing, and in my case my son was very attached to his mother, so I didn’t really get a chance to bond with him properly until he was 10 weeks old, so at that point I had already made it up in my head that I wasn’t a good enough dad for him. Since the relationship with his mother ended and I’ve spoken to alot of people regarding mental health, there are only a few organisations that focus on dad’s and their mental health. There is Menscraft which I believe is more norfolk based.

Question 2. Now on to the Walk and Talk Suffolk Groups. We are of all different abilities, what has the group brought out of you?

When I first came to the walk and talk group, I was a completely broken person, just a shell of a man I once was, through the group I have made some amazing friends, the group has given me the strength to keep fighting and keep pushing me to be the best version of myself. I have found more confidence in myself from the walk than what I would find from any therapist. Since joining the group, I have done things I had always been terrified of doing such as karaoke, speaking in front of a crowd of people and also recording myself in a video for people to see on social media.

This new blog of mine is coming to you every Thursday from 9.30 am UK time.

Thank you for reading and if you want to take part, please drop a comment or leave me an email.