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A Navy veteran who struggled with her own mental health has launched a suicide prevention organization to help others who may be experiencing the same challenges.
Porsche Williams tells PEOPLE she started Restore Life Global in 2018 after experiencing her own mental health challenges stemming from her time serving in the Navy during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom war. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow
Following You ll get the latest updates on this topic in your browser notifications. Between trauma from deployment and military sexual trauma, I developed PTSD, she explains. I wasn t my genuinely joyful self. I was depressed, not cleaning up, barely eating, sleeping 12-plus hours, crying all the time, isolating myself from my family, friends and anyone who cared.
But that changed for the
Today Show host, 47, when NBA player Kevin Love came on the show to share his story about having a panic attack during a basketball game. Daly realized he had had the exact same experience many years ago while hosting MTV s
Total Request Live and became inspired to open up about his own mental health journey. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow
Following You ll get the latest updates on this topic in your browser notifications. I ve suffered for over 20 years with, at times, debilitating anxiety and panic, and never knew it. I never knew how to define it, says Daly. After finally opening up to friends, one of them had a history of anxiety, and looked at me and was like, You have anxiety.