The following blog posts are written by people with personal experience of depression. By talking openly, our bloggers hope to increase understanding around mental health, break stereotypes and take the taboo out of something that – like physical health – affects us all.
Depression: personal blogs and stories
I am a health professional working in a large organisation. I decided to be more open about my diagnosis of 
I have never constructed a creative piece of writing in my life. I tried to write a book at the age of 10, but sadly, my story ended on page 7. This was despite my best efforts at stretching out the story by writing in huge font sizes and leaving mammoth gaps between each word. Anybody remember the rule at primary school whereby you should leave a finger gap between each word?
In 2001 after struggling with repressed feelings over my eldest daughter’s disability, I experienced a breakdown. A house move proved to be the straw that broke the camel’s back.
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