I don’t feel the need to ‘put on an act’ in front of people in case they see I’m not
‘normal’. I can make decisions more easily now and not keep replaying a situation over and over again in my mind. If I go any distance from my home I feel a lot less anxious and not keep thinking
what if something happens to me.
I feel it is important to explain that experiencing depression is an illness caused by many factors. It
is up to me as an individual to object to those who stigmatise depression as something only affecting certain people in society.
We liken this experience to the metaphor of being blindfolded, gagged and bound
in the closed boot of a car. I didn't know what was happening, I was very frightened, I couldn't see where I was going - I had no control of where, how quickly, how long the journey. That's how I
felt from day one. In other words 'abandon hope, all who enter here'.
Wirral Carers
