"Made In Chelsea's Josh Patterson Reaches 'Breaking Point,' Admits He 'Couldn't Envision a Future' Anymore - OK! Magazine"

Over the past few years, Josh Patterson has put his body to the test. From running around his garden for 24 hours straight to raise money for Campaign Against Living Miserably to becoming the first person to run 76 marathons in 76 days – which he did for Samaritans – the TV personality has done more than most when it comes to his charity endeavours.

“Each of the challenges I’ve done has its own ‘why’ behind it. I’ve not gone into any challenge purely because of the extremity. It’s more a case of being able to communicate my message to individuals in a different way,” he tells OK!.

And Josh’s message is an entirely personal one. The former Made In Chelsea star has been vocal about his own mental health struggles and has recently written the book Fortune Favours the Brave: 76 Short Lessons on Finding Strength in Vulnerability to help others find strength, motivation and light in the darkest of times.

“At 23 years of age I was at absolute breaking point. I thought I had zero purpose in life – no meaning, no credentials, anything. I genuinely just didn’t see a future,” Josh explains. “I really do prioritise trying to take time to step back and reflect on what has happened and be so grateful for it because an element of it has been determination and hard work. It’s taken a long time to get here.”

As a result of his own experience, Josh is now on a mission to not only support others who may be going through similar things, but to help other people, especially men, open up about their mental health.

“Although I would never wish to have gone through what I have, in a weird way I’m grateful now that I have because ultimately it’s made me the person I am today. I guess it’s driven me to go on and do the things that I have,” he says.

“I think the most important thing in my life is that through my own experiences I really want to ensure that I use my platform to help as many people as I can who are going through those struggles, both present and future.”

In turn, he also wants to help when it comes to “changing the narrative” that surrounds the stigma of mental health. Speaking of the book, he adds: “It’s about reminding people that life is so short and it’s precious. To go through it every single day, feeling lost, broken, sad, bitter - that’s just not what life is about. It’s such a beautiful thing”

While Josh has raised hundreds of thousands for charity, and has helped spread the importance of looking after and speaking about our mental health, the ultra-athlete has no plans to slow down when it comes to his work and campaigning. He’s even teased more “exciting” things to come.

“As long as my body allows me to, and it doesn’t affect my daughter, I will do these challenges for the rest of my life. I love it. It gives me a reason to wake up every day, it helps my mental health. Physically and mentally I find myself in a strong position,” he reveals.

“I want to help as many people around the world as I can and I’m also setting a really positive and I believe healthy standard for my daughter to look up to as well. I’ve got a really exciting opportunity next year.”