When I said, “Yes, sure I'll write a blog” about my personal experience with depression I didn't realise how scared and nervous I would be when I sat down to put pen to paper.

We always talk about stigmatising language, off the cuff phrases and discriminatory terms, but what’s the meaning behind the words? We often attribute misunderstanding, lack of knowledge or even malice to those who use such phrases. But what if we tried to decode them and realise their intention instead?