After Ashley lived with decades of symptoms of anxiety and depression, the pandemic was the tipping point that made Ashley’s entire life fall apart right before her eyes. Ashley's mental health spiraled so far out of control she didn't recognize herself in the mirror anymore. After trying various treatment modalities, Ashley finally learned the secret for overcoming anxiety disorders, depression and the lack of lust for life. When Ashley returned to the emergency department and saw the state of people’s pain and suffering, it was then that Ashley knew healthcare systems were simply putting bandaids on wounds. She wanted to educate the world about how to find their true selves again.

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Ashley witnessed first-hand how people’s brains were negatively changed during the pandemic. She noticed patients who were being worked up for physical symptoms when the problems were mental health. She noticed the hyper-alert, fearful mothers that brought their children in for everything, and she noticed the burn-out from her co-workers. Ashley founded Take Back Your Mental Health to Take Back Your Life in hopes to restore mental health. Finding solutions to mental health adversities is difficult. Many people don’t know where to start or what to do. Many Psychiatrists are taught medications are the answer, but this only temporarily fixes the problem. Ashley wanted to show the world that we do not need to be succumbed by your mental health, but rather, can transform it and live your best life yet. 

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"Every adversity makes you

 

more resilient when

 

dealt with appropriately." 

                                                 Ashley Anderson BSc., RN, MSc.