British Musician, Adam Lanceley’s world was turned upside down when only ten years old when he was involved in a devastatingly severe car accident that left him with life changing injuries.

The doctor told him he would likely never be able to walk or talk again. Adam defied the odds and was able to turn his life around.

Though a creative musical soul, sportsman and high-achieving academic, Adam suffered deeply with his mental health.

Experiencing PTSD, severe anxiety and depression, he has spent most of his life living alongside these intrusive mental health struggles, which many of us can relate to.

Adam is a testament to proving that positivity and handwork can enable you to create a better life for yourself whilst also openly discussing and navigating through the negative mental health encounters along the way.

Adam said: “I really don’t remember much of my life before the car crash – just various images – nothing I can connect together in a storyline, though.

“I know I was a very good sportsman, and I know I was a very high achiever academically. “

He added: “I also know I put a hell of a lot of pressure on myself in everything I did!

“But everything just seemed to go black for a while.

“What I remember about regaining consciousness, I’m sure, isn’t the way it was, as in it was probably far more gradual & sporadic than how it’s come to seem to me.

“My life since then has been like several different mini-lives.
When I knew I wouldn’t be able to pursue a career in sport any more, I felt totally at a loss.

The musician stated that he tried acting, which he found he had a natural talent for, even getting into The BRIT School and East 15 Acting School, one of the centres of excellence for drama in the country. However he started to suffer from severe depression and other mental health afflictions.

Adam said: ” I was quite lucky to meet a musician at a part-time job I had who encouraged me to write things I struggled to deal with and have been at college with a sound engineer.

“Without these two things, I don’t know if music would’ve found me.”

For any budding musicians put there Adam said music is a far more effective way of combatting mental health issues than hiding behind someone else’s character.

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