Being depressed is extremely different from just feeling sad.  You cannot just ‘snap out of it’.  It is the same as having a broken leg...

During a breakdown no-one ever tells you how hard recovering is.  People do not realise recovering is just as hard as when you are in the...

“today is so depressing”…”you are so OCD”… “you are such a psycho”… “the weather is so bipolar”… “I’d rather slit my wrists than do...

For some reason taking antidepressants comes with so much stigma.  People think you are weak.  Giving in.  Not strong enough to cope....

Click here to read my article for the Guardian