My journey
Hi I'm Lucinda and welcome to the journey of Oneeightthree which begun back in 2019 as a crafting business.
I love being creative and found it a release from the build up I was beginning to feel around my mental health at work. Unfortunately in 2020 Covid hit and my anxiety started to become worse as I was identified to be at risk.
This slowly got worse throughout my time off and leading up to my return to work it peaked and I started to suffer with panic attacks and crippling anxiety.
From the outside I seemed fine, when people asked I would reply ‘I’m great’ but I wasn’t 'great', I was screaming inside for help and when I finally felt brave enough to ask for help at work, they didn’t want to deal with me, I was an inconvenience and their actions made me feel worthless and I begun having suicidal thoughts.
Fortunately I have an incredible husband who saved me but the outcome could of been completely different!
Talking is the most important step to recovery and you should be encouraged to share your feelings not silenced. So I wanted to create something that started those difficult conversations, as well as giving reassuring messages, to help us on our down days. This is when Oneeightthree's mental health clothing range was born.
My aim is for you to have a voice and be proud of your journey, own it, grow from it and not let anyone tell you or make you feel like you’re not enough because you are.
Lets normalise our emotions and mental health together