Hearing the door click closed behind him, Sean Fletcher felt a familiar wave of guilt. Should he really be leaving the house? Was an hour to himself, a run in the fresh air or a walk with a friend, more urgent than what was going on behind those four walls?
Six years ago Sean’s family was in crisis. The mental health of his teenage son had deteriorated dramatically over the course of a few short weeks. And as the family scrambled for answers and urgently needed support, surviving the storm, he says, was all they could do.
“How can you walk out of the house to go for a run when so much turmoil is going on inside?” asks the Good Morning Britain presenter. “How can you meet a friend and leave your partner to deal with everything by herself while you go for a stroll and a chat? But you have to clear your head, you have to have a moment of respite.”
