A project director has opened up about his own experience of suicidal thoughts while working abroad and how he found the support he needed.
Mick Butler, a project director at ISG, appeared on the video to talk about how he experienced a sudden breakdown.
He found help through the employee assistance programme and a counsellor helped him to identify what had triggered the breakdown. By working through the causes and writing them down, Butler managed to make sense of the issues he was experiencing and started to find ways to improve his mental health. These include getting exercise, which Porter says helped to make him feel better.
He added that it is important for people working in construction to take care of their own mental health in order to be ready to help others.
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