hello again. wonderfully put blog :)..and I agree with every word you say...there is such a stigma towards mental illness, even people telling the depressed to 'cheer up' and 'pull oursleves together'...its ridiculous! I am working towards my chartership as a psychologist, 1 year to go(ish) and I intend to carry my experince of depression(I had very bad post natal depression) into  my work, and to try and educate others to its 'realness'. we should never be ashamed of our feelings and emotions.It happens to the best of us, every age, creed, education level ..we are all open to stress depression and to feeling abit vulnerable in our lives......As you have said, you are a professional strong women but yet depression got a hold of you.....it proves what ive always known..that none of us are exempt from the power of human emotion or BEING HUMAN .

 

I am so glad you are getting good support. Its wonderful that you are writing blogs and being open-a  necessary part of the healing process-being open, seeking and taking help. You will see the light again. I swear. Days wll be up and days will be down and just because you have a worse day then another never means you are taking a step back ok. remember that. I used to be up and down and all over the place..then when i was well i feared getting ill again and so forth..I used to find, that walking the legs off myself and my dog helped ease my symptoms, until my depression passed. I got to learn what my triggers were( being alone too much, bad diet, not enough sleep) and tried to work on those. Bananas are wonderful for depresson. Full of yummy tryptophan, which aids relaxation and helps with depression. Can you get someone to give you a massage like reflexology? that helped me too and was the reason i trained as a reflexology practioner. Please take care, keep blogging and eat WELL. I just know you are going to beat this. lots of love wendy xoxox