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Wayne Cho brings his message to the world

May 24th, 2012 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized

After running across Canada, Wayne Cho brings his stigma-busting and awareness-raising message to a world audience

Wayne Cho developed anxiety and bipolar disorders which he says resulted from neglect and abuses he experienced throughout his childhood. At the age of 30, he took up long distance running, an activity that provided both relief from his anxiety symptoms and the confidence to dream. He ran across Canada in 2009 to raise awareness about mental illness.

Now Wayne has begun an around-the-world effort called Love World Run.

His objective is the same—to raise awareness about mental illness—and this time he’s running across 4 continents and 22 countries in three years on his stigma-busting mission. He writes on his blog, “Imagine the day when people can freely speak about their anxiety or depression. We would be able to tell our family and friends about our problems and get their support.”

We speak with Wayne Cho.

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Image: CTV News

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