In an OTC first, Logan’s Story centres on mental health as a root issue. Logan and Trevor discuss how fragile job security can be a major trigger for depression and anxiety. Logan describes how being the safety guy at Wesgroup Properties doesn’t always make him the most popular person, but how important it is for him to support workers’ psychological and physical safety.

 

Logan shares his own story of how he suddenly started noticing that things didn’t feel the same for him in his mind. He had lost interest in video games that he used to really enjoy. Everything just seemed harder, or impossible. He took a mood disorders screening test that his employer, Wesgroup, offers and discovered that he had severe depression, including suicidal thoughts. He went to his doctor for medical advice and was prescribed an antidepressant. A year later, the antidepressant is helping, but Logan is looking at further steps he can take to support himself. Trevor, Logan and Karen agree that the solution is in the trying. And the trying is what gives people agency to get better. Staying stuck is what keeps people sick.

 

Logan shares the difference that Off the Clock has made on Wesgroup sites, opening the eyes of many, and helping others get the treatment they need, but couldn’t find a point of entry they recognized.

 

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