I was reading a report the other day about mental health problems being on the increase.

this is a topic i think a lot of are members would like to talk about,do you suffer ? or maybe someone you know ?

THis is a section of the forum i would like to expand on as its close to my heart.
I have suffered from depresion for the last 10 years and now have to take a handfull of medication everyday.

do you have a relative who suffers ? maybe you support your partner.
please join in or am i alone :cry:

mother goose.

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well i have suffered on and off since i was 15 with depression (never been diagnosed/to the docs tho, as i have seen what the 'happy' pills have done to my stepmum)

depression is a common thing in my family really. me, my step mum on pills for hers, due to my step sister. my step sister is a self harmer.

its all go in my family!

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thanks kate

I think i get mine from my mothers side of the family.
I sometimes come off the pills but sink fast if i do,so i have to go back on them.

its amazing just how much it affects your life without seeing it.

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yeh, i dont think my dh 'gets' it really. i will say im feeling low etc, and he just cant see why i suppose. this will be a good bit of the forum, we can all get a little support etc when we need some.

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i dont think the fact i am rewading a book about depression at the mo is helping my mood :lol: i keep thinking 'that could be me' :roll:

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what book is it ?
prozac nation ?

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no its another of these real life things. i cant remember what its calle :roll: but its by linda caine and her psycotherapist robin royston.

its good, but its just got scary! she had 3 years of her childhood blocked out, she couldnt remember it at all, and in time she has pieced bits together. the truth is not nice she was abused

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abuse ? thats a real can of worms,the stats for the amount of people affected is very high,and it still seems a taboo subject.
maybe this forum will help some people to tell there stories for the first time from the safety of being behind there computers.

I could allow this forum to be posted on by guests so members can log out then post.
so we dont have to know who it is posting ?

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or create a member, that anyone can log in as, thats what we have done on my other sites in the past, so that you still have to be logged in to post? but yeh, i think that being anon could be useful

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creating a member is a good idea.

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