As a PT, I believe it is very important to take into consideration the mental health side of things when it comes to helping people lose weight and improve their physical health. Why? Well, I've experienced the effects that mental health difficulties can have on the body. As a teen, I went down the wrong path and got caught up in a vicious cycle of drug addiction. This, in turn, resulted in me having multiple psychotic episodes by the age of 17 and being put on antipsychotic