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I Had Everything I Thought I Wanted, and it Drove Me to the Ground

Charlene Boutin — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 17:00:14 +0000

“Just do it.” The words bounced through my head like lighting, too quick to catch and stop in their tracks, each repetition a hot jab into my brain. “You’ve done this before. So… just do it.” It didn’t make any sense. “For the first time in my life, I couldn’t make it work.” Here I was, sitting in front of a dual screen work desktop, staring at my latest assignment. For the first time in my life, I couldn’t make it work. My brain just couldn’t figure out how to complete the task – even if I had done it a thousand times before. It

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George’s Story – “No, I’m not ok, and I’m going to talk about it!”

Caren Launus-Gamble — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 12:37:24 +0000

“I’d say it all started when I was playing rugby for Leeds Rhinos Under 16s and I got a serious match injury from a bad tackle. All of a sudden, you can’t do anything for months. Yeah, I think that’s when it started. You want to play rugby, you want to get out and about and you can’t. It drives you mad.” I’ve met up with 19-year old George today to talk about his diagnosis of depression earlier this year following a three-year struggle with anxiety and low self-esteem. “I felt blank, like I was in a hole. I had nowhere to go.” “When I

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