175 {Nick Gorman} How my anxiety was masked by the stress of my job

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Anxiety and depression can hit many of us, but for some, the symptoms can be masked by the high level stress of their work which results in them taking years to finally seek help. That was very much the case for Nick Gorman who suffered an period that severely damaged his mental health, but took him 3 decades to recover from.

Nick is a former Managing Director and Equities Trader at global investment banks like Citigroup and Merrill Lynch. Now, through his own battles with anxiety and depression, Nick founded Equilibrium at Work to provide personal coaching, organisational support, and keynote speaking aimed at fostering healthier, more fulfilling work environments while advocating for practices such as sabbaticals to prevent burnout

In this episode he shares:

 

• His early childhood and how happy it was
• How backpacking at 21 set up the problems that he has had ever since
• How he kept going back to the job that hurt him
• What happened after his backpacking holiday and why it threw him so badly
• How his struggle showed up on a daily basis
• Why the state he was in made him frightened and exhausted
• How a diary helped him
• What helped him after he left banking
• The journey he went on to heal after his ground breaking session with his therapist
• The moment he remembers finally feeling clearer
• Why people didn’t notice what he was going through
• What it was like exploring what was behind his mask
• How he was able to talk but never able to be clear on what was wrong
• How he's found society has changed in regards to men admitting weakness
• What he does now and how he helps others

 

Key Quotes

“When you don’t have any options you keep going back to what you know, even though you know it's not great for you.”

 

“There’d been a physiological change in me through spending 13 months not looking after myself.”

 

More about Nick

Check out Equilibrium At Work, or follow Nick via Linkedin.

 

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