Show will feature stand-up comedy as a means of therapy

One wouldn’t think that mental health challenges would be something to joke about, but that’s exactly what will happen at a comedy show in Kingston this weekend. Article content

On Sunday, present and past participants of a program called Stand Up for Mental Health will be performing. Article content Article content

Among them will be Kingston’s Johnathan Eggleton. He joined the six-week program at the suggestion of his psychotherapist, who had taken part a decade earlier and found it empowering.

The course has allowed Eggleton to examine his mental health from a different perspective than before.

“I think this is a nice, lighthearted way to talk about my mental health, and approach it in a comedic, funny way where I’m not going to be judged,” he said.

For Eggleton, performing is