Tal Booker, brother of Love Island star Eyal Booker, shares his mental health journey, noting his struggles with addiction, sexuality, and the impact of losing his cousin to suicide. As an ambassador for the Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM), he aims to amplify discussions on mental health and suicide prevention. Tal reflects on his ongoing journey of self-acceptance as a gay man, highlighting the significance of unlearning deep-rooted feelings and encourages standing against homophobia, emphasizing that accepting oneself is a continual process.
I am proof that a problem shared is a problem halved, says Tal Booker, the brother of Love Island star Eyal Booker. Sometimes it takes a little bit of time, but if you hold on, it really does get better, the self-professed wounded healer tells PinkNews about his mental health struggles.
I've gone through my own journey of addiction and struggling with my sexuality and suicidal rumination. I lost my 19-year-old cousin to suicide. For this reason, he admits that suicide has been on his radar for a very long time, tied in with his own struggles and those of people around him.
Tal describes his role as a CALM ambassador as an honour and a position through which he hopes to enhance the voices around mental health and suicide.
The feelings are really deep-rooted for a lot of us. It requires a lot of work to unpick and unlearn those ways of existing. It's always been more about my own acceptance than that of others and those around me.
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