In the last few weeks I have taken the big step of talking to my mum and dad about my problems with depression. My mother has said that she thinks we have some kind of depression gene as most of our family suffer from similar symptoms.

I would like to start by making it clear that I do not work in the “depression” industry; I personally offer a stammering course; training for foster carers and also offering DVD authoring.

I have as recently as last week suffered with a severe bout of this depression, however from it I learnt a valuable lesson. I was in the middle of a stage in my life where just about all things were going what I call “pear shaped”. I had nothing to look forward to and decided that I needed a night out with my friends. There was one intention that I had in mind which was to get as drunk as possible.

I felt really bad when I awoke on the “morning after”. I was drained, tired and very crabby - I had drank far too much of the loopy juice. It was a major struggle to stay awake at times during the day and I often felt down in the dumps as it were. My head was suddenly thinking some rather bad thoughts - I just could not seem to get into any sort of positive frame of mind - negativity had taken over my body~My head was suddenly thinking some rather bad thoughts - I just could not seem to get into any sort of positive frame of mind - negativity had taken over my body}.

The lesson I have learnt is that is not a good idea to go out drinking alcohol if you are feeling low and depressed.

I have to say that my mum and dad are in fact extremely astute people which makes me wonder why I did not seek their advice on a more often basis in the past. This turned out to be a perfect example of this as they once again gave me some top guidance. They asked me to think about all of the things and aspects of my life that were getting me down~They wanted me to write a list of all of my worries and problems; the things that were causing me to spiral in and out of depression}~They wanted me to write a list of all of my worries and problems; the things that were causing me to spiral in and out of depression}. What I then needed to do was to talk about them and to think positive by attempting to find solutions to each of these problems.

This is not at all easy to do but is something I now try. I have realised that it is good to talk about our fears and phobias and that there is nothing wrong with admitting that you are stressed and depressed.

I now try to think positive in all situations, life is far too short to be always worrying about everything. I have also started to read a lot of self-help books, these have taught me quite a lot of new things and have given me many new ideas.

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