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Depression runs in my family. My Auntie has bipolar, my grandma has it, my great uncle had it and my mother is starting to show symptoms, too. My Dad is beginning to see the doctor for PTSD and my Grandpa also has medication for mental health...

I started working in a school kitchen when I was nineteen. At the time I had few symptoms of depression, and so was undiagnosed. The job was brilliant, and I was promoted from kitchen porter to baker within a year. It was at this point that my...

You may know her from Coronation Street and Loose Women but there is much more to Denise Welch than meets the eye. In an honest, uplifting interview with Happiful, Denise talks of her battles with depression and addiction. But perhaps most...

For as long as I can remember I have suffered from depression and anxiety. I have always felt different, as though I didn't belong, from a very young age in primary school. I felt isolated, alone, like I was unable to be understood. This continued...

I was in my twenties the first time I realised I was going through a depression. I was living with a man that was psychologically abusive. I’m sure that’s probably what prompted that first episode. I’ve had exposure to mental...