Sam Frost launches website to help women and girls struggling with their mental health

Sam Frost is using her own battles with depression and anxiety to help others. The Home And Away actor has launched a website as a “mental health platform” for young women and girls.

Sam Frost is using her own battles with depression and anxiety to help others.

The Home And Away actor has launched a website called Believe by Sam Frost as a “mental health platform” for young women and girls.

“It is basically a safe space where people can go to feel less alone,” she said.

“We are talking to mental health professionals opening up about navigating social media, which people can sometimes struggle with. We’ve got a long way to go but the website is almost launched so it is exciting.”

Sam Frost has launched her own website to help women and young girls going through mental health issues. Picture: Justin Lloyd

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Former Bachelor and Bachelorette star Frost has created the website with her sister, Kristine Ross.

“There have been a lot of mental health issues within our family, stuff we have struggled with ourselves,” she said.

“A lot of people have reached out to me because I have been publicly open about my struggles. I wanted to create a platform where people can share stories to feel like they are not alone, to have a sense of community.

“In mental health, there is a not a lot of things out there where people can feel safe and trusted.”

The Home And Away actress has been very vocal about the mental health issues she has suffered in the past. Picture: Supplied

Frost, who turned 30 last month, has in the past spoken of her battles with anxiety and linked societies obsession with social media to her difficulties.

“Social media can be a really lonely place,” she said.

“People are constantly comparing their lives to unrealistic realities. For young women growing up, I can’t even imagine what it would be like going through high school with Instagram. I am so glad I missed that.

“I cannot imagine the pressure that puts on kids in schoolyards so I think there really is an audience that can benefit from something like Believe.”

The website allows women to tell their stories.

The site is live now and features stories of other women who have struggled with mental health — how they struggled, how they were feeling and what their turning point was.

“This year I have decided enough is enough and to turn my world around and face my fears,” one woman’s story reads.

Women are welcomed to submit their own stories through the platform either with a first name or anonymously.

Visit https://www.believebysamfrost.com/ for more information.

Originally published as Sam Frost launches website to help women and girls struggling with their mental health