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Mental health problems are a part of me, but they don't define who I am... June 2013 - New job SAMH - Scottish Association for Mental Health This time last year (2012) I was attending Tools for Living course with SAMH - Going Forth. Tools for living, as the name suggests gave me the tools to live a normal live. Like physical illnesses no one can wave a magic wand and make the hurt go away. Through their brilliant support Iv learnt to manage my anxiety and return to paid work. It's a group therapy course, which was scary at first but in the end helped me alot. Being around people, that also have mental health problems made me feel less isolated and alone. If I told them I had a bad day there was no need to say any more, they understood. Go back another year to June 2011- I still found it difficult to be in busy places or on public transport. I would take convoluted journeys to ge...