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Who gets depressed?

Find out more from the stories of men 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
# Psychotic depression
# Panic attacks
 

Patrick's story

"I’m 52 years old, a Business Man...When I was about 20, my older cousin took his own life..."
patricks_story.pdf
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Emmet's story

"My name is Emmet, I’m 41, a qualified, Professional man...Your pain is indeed your pain, but it is the same pain which affects all of humanity – every person who ever lived and who will ever live. It is so important that you reach out, even in your darkest anguish..."
emmets_story.pdf
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John's story

"My name is John and I'm a 45-yr old husband and father. I was eighteen years younger when I walked into the A&E department and said 'Help me, I'm a manic depressive'..."
johns_story.pdf
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Paul's story

"I’m Paul and this is my story.
We hear a lot in everyday life about the silent majority, a euphemism of sorts to describe a group of people who do not express their views publicly..."
pauls_story.pdf
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Connell's story

"My name is Connell, I’m 18 and I started to have voices in my head when I was about 14... Things just got more crazy, we started to take cars, I could drive a bit..."
connells_story.pdf
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Niall's story

"My name is Niall. It took until I was fifty to figure it all out. The epiphany arrived when I realised I was an abusive man and began a look back, ...through my attempted suicide..."
nialls_story.pdf
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