Faye

In the space of 5 months, my step dad died of lung Cancer and I changed jobs twice. This was enough to set off my depression. I had a bit of a meltdown and went AWOL from work one day.

I went to the doctors and was given antidepressants and referred to the counsellor. I quit my job as I didn’t know how long my depression would take, this in turn left me with financial worries.

I tried to start to relax get some hobbies, I found it so hard to stick to one thing and be interested for any length of time. My family tried to be as supportive as they could but it was hard for them to see me the way I was. My relationship with my mum broke down completely and we didn’t talk for 6months.

I am at college now and enjoying it but it’s been a year since all of this started and I feel I’m really struggling, especially since my mum and I spoke but she never asked me how I was feeling. I have more good days than bad but sometimes it really does just hit you and you feel like you’ve taken a backwards step, but it’s not your fault.

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