There are so many reasons I took the Stand Up for Mental Health course; to challenge myself, to meet new people, to learn to laugh again, to deal with my own internalised, stigmatised feelings of shame...the list is endless, but fortunately, the list of what I got out of the class is longer and better: I was challenged and inspired, I made incredible friends, I learned to laugh easier, and I laughed so much that I even started to breath easier about everything I had experienced in my life. What an incomparable thrill, to make complete strangers laugh at things that used to upset me enormously.

Now, when I feel distraught about something, I write it down, hoping that when the storm passes, and my emotional state calms down, I will be able to write a joke about it, and share the laughter with someone else. This course & the opportunity to perform stand up has been one of the most empowering events of my life. I am forever grateful.

Thanks so much for getting us all to Saturday-it was great! Someone said I had real talent - I have never had anyone say that before! Wow. Your program really does make you feel empowered.

Just wanted to say thanks again for your Stand Up For Mental Health Program. Believe it or not, I feel more pumped up and confident than I have in a long time. I feel like I can do anything I put my mind to and I haven't felt that way for a very long time.

I am still pumped up from doing that routine and I also am proud of what we did and also that standing ovation it was fantastic and I never experienced that before.

My head hasn't even left the clouds yet. I think the most amazing thing about the weekend was that feeling of making people laugh on purpose I mean anyone can be funny with friends but to stand up there and deliver the stuff and have it actually work was great. Thank you for showing me I have yet another talent to add to my resume of talent. I had a great time David and would do this with you again in the future for anything, anywhere I could make it to.