Welsh TV presenter Matt Johnson has spoken about his mental health challenges and ongoing efforts to care for his wellbeing. Matt Johnson, 40, has been involved with the NHS Wales ‘Help Us, Help You’ campaign to speak about depression and the struggles he faced during his early career.
He's also shared the "true pain" he feels following the deaths of Love Island presenter Caroline Flack and Love Island contestant Sophie Gradon - two of his close friends who took their own lives after their own mental health problems.
The Caerphilly star has been publically open about his battle with depression and how he came close to taking his own life in 2009. Since then, he has become an ambassador for MIND and other charities to keep the conversation going on ways to help with mental health. He identified a shift when he began to understand how he was feeling by opening up to others and praises doing "the little things" such as exercise, getting out in nature and journaling to continue to empower his body and mind today.
