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
Talking about mental health with a new partner or even a long term loved one can be daunting.
The first time I understood the true feelings of depression was when I was around 15 years old. I still remember sitting on my kitchen floor, feeling lost and hopeless with no clue what to do about it. All I wanted to do was shut myself away in my bedroom and ignore everything I didn’t want to deal with.
Here is the piece I did for The Independent on the two MPs who spoke in the Commons about their mental health problems, who were later followed by Sarah Wollaston and Andrew Leadsom:Need support?
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