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My whole life has been one dramatic crisis after another | Depression

The question I am writing to you from the edge of the abyss… Hello! Despite the privileges I’ve had, my life has been a constant struggle. Since I was four, I’ve had little joie de vivre, thanks to a stew of mental health issues, a difficult home life and a recent discovery that I’m on the autistic spectrum. I don’t blame my autism for everything – my personality would be difficult regardless – but it explains a lot.My life runs in cycles: denial of my feelings, stoicism, breaking...

‘Listen my soul...

‘Last year is dead, they seem to say,” wrote Philip Larkin in his poem The Trees. “Begin afresh, afresh, afresh.”In the heart of...

Is a brain-stimulation...

“Flow helps the vast majority of people to improve their depression,” reads the latest marketing email from Flow Neuroscience, a Swedish-based company that...

Coroner issues warning...

A coroner has issued a warning about the effects of antidepressants prescribed by a Buckingham Palace doctor to the son-in-law of Prince and...

A new start...

Jean Ward always wondered if there was something wrong with her, and hated herself for it. The feeling started at school, where she...

Compassion fatigue in...

Your article raises key issues about the mental wellbeing of those working in the NHS (Seven in 10 GPs in UK suffer from...

‘A pill for...

Too many people are being prescribed antidepressants to deal with stressful life events or social problems, according to a growing chorus of doctors...

We asked readers...

When Jade’s relationship ended at 24, she felt anxious, depressed and was suffering from stress-induced insomnia. She was prescribed antidepressants, but they didn’t...

The new science...

In 2006, Anna King was involved in family court proceedings that caused severe stress and trauma. When she was prescribed antidepressants to help...