DEPRESSION DOESNT GIVE A FUCK ABOUT YOU.

Depression will eat you up, chew you to a pulp & spit you out on the pavement to get trampled on.

It doesn’t care what sex you are, what colour you are, how old you are or how down on your luck you already think you are.

If you could bottle up the power of depression, it would power half the world of that i’m sure.

It owns you, controls you, makes you think that you are useless & unloved, it will let you plan your own funeral when there is nothing physically wrong with you.

it will take everything away from you, the things you love, your hobbies, socialising & left untreated, your life.

AND YET ITS INVISIBLE !!

that’s some super power its got going on there!

I’ve suffered with my mental health since the age of 18, its taken me to some dark dark places that I never wish to visit again… EVER!!

oh and it may not visit you just the once… sometimes it comes back for another bite,

REMEMBER…… if it does worm its way into your life you obviously taste good.

It affects people in different ways, some become anxious, feel alone, angry, extra emotional or even have suicidal thoughts - ( i’ve got the t-shirt from all of these)

Personally I know when a bad bout is heading my way because I over relate to song lyrics if that’s even a thing? I also get short tempered, I know i’m doing it & I hate the fact that i’m doing it & that can become a factor that makes you spiral downwards into a shitty pit of miserableness.

Over the years I have come to realise & understand some of the triggers that set me off, the biggest of all being alcohol. The more I drank the more depressed I got so the more I drank… like a vicious spinning wheel that is not balanced going at high speed aimed at oncoming traffic……. carry on that road & sooner or later you are going to hit a pothole, and fold up like a shit deck chair with you sat in it!!!

If i’m struggling with my mental health it makes me not want to go to the gym or pick up my guitar… the two things that actually lift my mood!

& then there’s the food!!! I find myself comfort eating generally crap food full of sugar! I don’t give a damn about the healthy stuff, I also over eat!

The sugar and the amount of food I consume then makes me feel horrendous & annoyed that i’ve eaten it!! remember that spinning wheel I spoke about??? its a cyclical disaster!!

Enough about me… i’ll be writing blogs if you wish to take have a read….Christine will also be writing blogs about this subject & matters of the mind, things you can do to help yourself.

this page is for HELP!

Our inbox is open if anyone needs a friendly voice or bad jokes.

I have also placed a link to MIND the mental health charity. (next to the hand on the photo)

most people at some point in their life will be affected by this horrible debilitating illness

please don’t feel alone!

this page will be added too frequently also so please visit often for more information

look after yourselves

Bob x

“you spend most of your life in your head, make sure its a nice place to be”

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