'I retreated into myself': Leeds man who struggled with severe depression and anxiety becomes face for national campaign

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'I retreated into myself': Leeds man who struggled with severe depression and anxiety becomes face for national campaign
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Ben Jewers-Pettinger spent years unemployed after struggling with depression while at school.

After leaving school, his mental health deteriorated and by his own admission, he became a social recluse.to failing every exam I took in my last year of school.“After I left school, the depression took over and I retreated into myself for years.

"I was in a first job and had those anxieties about holding it down. It was my first job ever, new place, new stuff, but all of that was amplified by the fears of Covid.

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