An award-winning former Army Commando has spoken of how he was left feeling suicidal following the birth of his first child in 2016. It nearly led to the breakdown of his marriage as he developed post-natal depression.
Now reconnected with his wife and a dad for a second time, Dan Stanley, 38, is fighting to end the stigma around mental illness in men and runs a thriving support organisation, BetterMen. Dan lives in Swansea, South Wales, with his businesswoman wife Rachael Flanagan, 34, and their children, Sophia, five, and Spencer, three.
He said: “I wasn’t sure at first if my feelings were down to the fatigue of having a newborn, but it escalated beyond the baby blues. “The standard tiredness became something much more sinister.
