TW: This video addresses the subject of suicide. Viewer discretion advised. Welcome to the first episode of our ‘What’s Underneath’ series in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, featuring Rwenshaun Miller, made possible with the support of Spring Health. Learn more about Spring Health here: https://www.springhealth.com, About Rwenshaun Rwenshaun Miller was the all-star athlete, the smartest kid in his class, and his parent’s hope for great success, in the classic sense of doctor or lawyer. It took a sports injury while playing on his college football team that kept him benched in his college dorm room to reveal the shaky ground he stood on by living up to the expectations of others and not yet knowing his own. Rwenshaun’s sudden loss of identity led to his not sleeping or eating for weeks and eventually to hearing voices in his head and a diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder 1. It took a few years of being on and off medication, struggling with letting go of his superhuman status, and 3 failed suicide attempts and finding a Black therapist, for him to recognize how deeply he needed to release shame around his diagnosis, just express his feelings and support others in the Black community to do the same in order to heal. Today, Rwenshaun works as a Psychotherapist and Mental Health Change Agent. Trying to help people who were in the same position he was once in. If you agree that facades separate us and being radically honest brings us together, please take a moment to subscribe to our podcast and share this video with any friends or family who could benefit from feeling less alone in their journeys with mental health. New Episodes drop Thursdays!