"Anxiety and depression have derailed days, weeks, months, and years of my life. I have experienced indescribable pain in the lows of depression that have made me feel helpless and alone. Every day for the past eight years I have struggled to temper my thoughts and channel my energy into something positive.
I have since recognized that the choices I make on a daily basis directly impact how I feel mentally and physically. Change is neither instantaneous nor universal and the smallest of changes can have the most significant impact when compounded. I have discovered that it is far better to pursue happiness then to try to attain the things that may make me happy.
I've made a lot of changes in my life in the past couple years. I have changed jobs, overhauled my diet and have surrounded myself with people who inspire me to chase my dreams rather than escape to them. I am thankful for my struggles because they have led me to a place where I wake up every day and know that I am as happy as I have ever been.
I choose to grow this mustache to start a larger conversation and show others struggling with mental illness that they are not alone."

- Joe Magliano 26, New York, NY.

Thrilled to continue to share thoughts from men open to a different narrative surrounding mental health. Thank you Joe Magliano and thank you Movember Foundation USA - excited for this to continue.

Mental health is very important to me and it's something I try to keep in check by exercising, laughing with friends and also by regularly seeing a licensed therapist.
It's Movember and I have a mustache and even though this month is all about bringing awareness to men's health- mental health is a universal cause that should be more openly discussed. Throughout the month I want to shoot with men who have struggled or are struggling with mental health because I'm interested in why there is still a macho attitude directed towards men and how they feel. Hopefully this will reach someone somewhere who feels like they need to "keep it in," "suck it up," or "get over it."