Tag: Mental Health

Behind Every Email…Is A Human

For the last few years I’ve felt like a slave to my computer. Hand wrapped around my phone, desperately trying to type fast enough to reply to reply. Ears plugged in and I walk along recording voice notes to people. Message after message, mail after mail, mounting inbox […]

Video: I’ve suffered too…

For Mental Health Awareness Week I decided to record and share a short video (90 sec) called I’ve suffered too. I hope it inspires people to be more open to talk about mental health and get help when they need to. If you resonate with it, please share […]

Supporting someone with depression

It’s hard. At times it’s really hard. As someone who’s been through depression and had support, and been there for someone else when they’ve been through it, I get how hard it can be. At times is feels like the life is being sucked out of you. It […]

How I describe depression

Since I recovered from depression I’ve spoken about it more and more. Everytime I meet someone who is struggling with depression or is close to somebody that is, I’m happy to share my personal experience. Last week I explained it like this.. “Imagine a room. On the wall […]

Signs of depression

People die because of it, people isolate themselves as they experience it and people live everyday with a burden of fear to talk about it. Mental health and in particular depression are things I’ve become openly confident talking about. I’ve waded through some dark times and learned gradually […]