Today my friend Danny Baker launches his campaign to show 100,000 people that Depression is not Destiny campaign.
Danny is only 25 years old and is dedicating his life to help other people climb out of the hole of depression, that he experienced as a teenager.
Danny suffered from clinical depression and came very close to killing himself. Fortunately, he was one on the lucky ones, he got help and managed to turn his life around. Danny was studying at a top University in Australia and was on track to go become a management consultant. He gave up all of this to try and build a career as a writer and advocate for depression. He wrote a book about his experiences called ‘The Danny Baker Story – How I came to write “I will not kill myself, Olivia’ and founded the Depression is not Destiny campaign.’ Danny gives this book away for free.
The response to the book has been overwhelming for Danny, he has people contacting him from all over the world, who tell him how less alone they feel now.
Isolation and loneliness are what depression feeds off and Danny is passionate about removing the stigma around depression so more people can get help.
He is working with a consultancy company to launch a ‘Depression is Not Destiny’ International day.
Depression is not Destiny
Danny is seeking to crowdfund $20,000 (Australian dollars)in order to get his book out to anyone suffering from depression via Facebook ads. His book will always be free, he just needs to pay for the advertising to reach as many people as possible. If you have been affected by depression and would like to support Danny’s campaign you can read more about it here.
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