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Jake Humphrey: intrusive thoughts, morning routine and the power of optimism

The Wellness Scoop

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How Did You Deal With Your Mental Health?

I had an amazing family, very loving, really normal, simple Norfolk countryside upbringing. But I didn't excel in any way and got fired from McDonald's as a teenager for lack of communication skills. Then I failed my A levels but this was kind of like, in some ways, I remember failing my A levels and just... I think it was my sister just said, oh, you've done it again. So that led to work experience, which led to the offer of a job on children's BBC. And then when I went back to school there was a letter from a teacher who'd been written to by a local TV company saying do any of your students studying politics want to come

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