The majority of Josh Seiter’s posts on Instagram were about celebrating milestones relating to his sobriety journey and his mental health. In March 2020, Seiter, who described himself as a “mental health pioneer,” revealed that in November 2019, “my anxiety and depression became overwhelming and I became hospitalized.” In a separate post, he shared that he had obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), bipolar depression, and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). The reality star also admitted he was a suicide attempt survivor.
But Seiter never did it to gain mainstream attention. Even though he admitted he found it difficult to open up in the beginning, the “The Bachelorette” alum previously told Nicki Swift in an exclusive interview that he did it to inspire other people to get help, too. “Getting messages that you see that people are taking concrete steps because of a post that you made situates it and let you see that there’s literally real world consequences too and benefits of posting about stuff on social media,” he shared in March 2022. “And so, that was inspiring to see, wow, this guy in West Virginia is now going to see a therapist for the first time in his life because I made a post in Chicago in my bedroom about depression. The power of social media really came out then.”
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