Dr. Alex George looks back: ‘A dying friend told me to throw myself into things more – Love Island came into my mind.

The author and mental health campaigner on not fitting in at school, being on the Covid frontline, and how grief inspired him to help others

Born in Carmarthen in 1991, Dr Alex George is a former NHS doctor, an author and a mental health campaigner. After studying medicine at the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry, he worked as an A&E doctor in London before joining the cast of 2018’s Love Island. In 2021, he was appointed the UK government’s youth mental health ambassador. He is the author of five books; his latest, Happy Habits, is out now, with Am I Normal? published on 15 January.

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