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Yes, it's nearly Summer and maybe not entirely relevant just now, but very interesting when the holiday company "First Choice" contacted us having produced an infographic that sheds light on Seasonal Affective Disorder and the amount of sunshine received by nine-to-fivers in December.
Behaviour expert Dr Pam Spurr writes for Action on Depression about Seasonal Affective Disorder, you can read about her personal experience and hints and tips for helping yourself over the winter season here. A big thanks for sharing this with us.
Chris Leslie looks at the road to understanding Mental Ill Health
Recently, working in schools has opened my eyes to the issue of mental health, and widened my understanding of what it means when a person is depressed.
This is a powerful piece by Mark Sneddon about how depression feels.
It is easy to think that you have known the spectrum that exists of our human emotions. From the elation of those Christmas mornings when you received all that mattered to you in that moment in life right through to that cold and brutal realisation of death stalking life as it’s ever present companion. We live and love; we grow older and find some way in life.
Some of us however uncover new emotions that can feel like a daily death, where no light can exist in the darkness of each day. That once lightness of air inhaled now feels like an unbearable weight adding to your lead filled bones. The language of this disorder cannot be understood by those that claim they care and want to help. Down, you stay down whilst the world moves further away from you.
I've got a cat who is 14 years old and I've had her for 13 years. Sometimes when I get home from work she's sitting on the pavement outside my house and it feels like she's waiting for me to come home.
I've got a cat who is 14 years old and I've had her for 13 years. Sometimes when I get home from work she's sitting on the pavement outside my house and it feels like she's waiting for me to come home.