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Who gets depressed?

Find out more from the stories of women who have known depression first hand
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Depression IS an ILLNESS
It’s not something one can snap out of, or just a case of the blues.
Find out more  from the stories of people who have known depression first hand - Read their stories on the right
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Depression is an umbrella term which covers many types of illness including:

# Clinical depression
# Bipolar disorder
# Seasonal Affective disorder
# Anxiety
# Post natal or post
partum depression
# Depression from treatment such as chemotherapy
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Psychotic depression
# Panic attacks
 

Andrea's story

"I’m 41 now, I’m a Mother and work as a Counsellor / Justice worker. My depression started when I was 16... Sometimes I feel only people who have been through it really understand what it’s like. They are the people that make it easy..."
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Helen's story

"I’m Helen, I’m in my 20’s and work in Social Care, this is my story: I see depression as a well - one I have sunk to the bottom of many times
throughout my adult life..."
helens_story.pdf
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Joanne's story

I’m Joanne—a survivor, a wife, a mother, a businesswoman.
In 1992 I took an overdose and made phone calls to my family to tell them I loved them. Then I went to bed to wait for death to come and save me...."
joannes_story.pdf
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Madeleine's story

"I’m in my 40’s, a Mother and a qualified Accountant, working in a busy practice. I want to tell you of Panic Attacks, Panic Disorders... I was away on holiday, sitting in my room getting ready to go out and all of a sudden I got an overwhelming fear..."
madeleines_story.pdf
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Maura's story

"My name is Maura, I’m in my 40’s, I’m a mother and a teacher and this is my
story. On a bleak February night, 21 years ago, my younger sister Hilary, told my parents that she was going babysitting..."
mauras_story.pdf
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Siobhan's story

"My Name is Siobhan and I am 37 year old Mum and Wife... I was suffering from postnatal depression but I hid it well. I was very much alone in my darkness..."
siobhans_story.pdf
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