What is depression?

What is depression? Depression is not being able to get out of bed Depression is the tedious ticking of never-ending time Depression is an impenetrable bubble of vacantness Depression is standing at the top of the tallest tower, consumed with vertigo Depression is never being good enough Depression is the muffled sound of an agonised [...]

Dear Loved Ones – an open apology

Dear friends, family and mere acquaintances Sorry for seeming like a bit of an annoying twat sometimes. Love from Everyone with depression X To echo my sentiments in previous posts, it can be really hard for those who don't suffer with depression to understand the illness or the effect it has on suffers. Similarly, it [...]

Exams and Epiphanies

6:10 - alarm goes off 6:15 - alarm goes off 6:20 - alarm goes off "Kirsty, it's twenty past six. You need to get up" "No I don't" 6:25 - alarm goes off 6:30 - alarm goes off "Kirsty, it's 6:30" "What's your fucking point?" 6:35 - alarm goes off "Kirsty, you ne-" "Jon, can [...]

3 things I wish I had known when I was diagnosed with depression

1. It really is going to be okay Quite arguably the most important one. No matter who tells you it's going to be okay, no matter how much conviction they say it with and no matter how many things they say it, it feels impossible to believe. That's totally okay. That's kind of the crux [...]

Straitjackets and Jacket Potatoes

When people talk about treatment of mental health they usually think crazy pills, straitjackets and therapy. So basically, Anna Banana in AHS Asylum. But actually a huge part of 'curing' mental illness or at least learning how to live with it and control it comes down to the individual themselves and discovering what works for [...]

The Importance of Self Love

I've been thinking this week about how my life has changed in the last year or two. How my priorities have changed. How I go about my life day-to-day. It's dawn on me that everything has changed quite a lot more than I had actually realised and funnily enough it's the changes that seem small [...]

Depression is a MEAN GIRL!

The Great British Bake Off final was on last night (in case you've been living under a rock and didn't know) which not only made me very hungry but made me realise something really important. Nadiya was announced as the winner (quite rightly!) and this is what she had to say about it: "I'm never going [...]