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How Claudia Christian made me cry

BDT Follower @Stenun wrote this on his Deviantart journal, and we wanted to share it as a guest blog. Has anything like this ever happened to you? Don't forget to follow him on Twitter and check out his Deviantart page.

It can be quite emotional having Depression.  There are times when you're down and want to die but you've still got enough grip left to know that you shouldn't be entertaining those thoughts but you can't stop.  You know it can be wearisome for others if you

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17 | 05 | 2013
Blue Monday Info - Nottinghamshire

21st January is BLUE MONDAY 2013!
The most DEPRESSING day of the year? 
What if you suffered all year round?
What if you suffered year after year?

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19 | 01 | 2013
Blue Monday Guest Post - Bordering on Bedlam by Sandy

Hi,
 
Some time ago I wrote a song called ‘Bordering on Bedlam’ about Borderline Personality Disorder. It is since been released on an album and there is a youtube

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19 | 01 | 2013
Guest Blog - Bipolar diagnosis by Katie

Yesterday was a strange day. I had a psychiatric appointment at Prospect Park hospital. The psychiatrist came to the conclusion that I have Bipolar II disorder. The last time I saw a

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18 | 01 | 2013
Guest Blog - PMT, Parenting and Mental Health by Siobhan

PMT turning you into a monster mother? You’re not alone. Siobhan Mason explains how her parenting skills have been ruled by her menstrual cycle. 
 
For two

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18 | 01 | 2013
Guest Blog - The Mask by Kim

I wear a mask, I always have done. I put my make up on and adjust my mask every day. It is the mask that says ‘everything is ok’. To the outside world and to strangers I do look OK with my

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18 | 01 | 2013
Guest Blog - Gotye song interpretation by Melancholic Mum

I was listening to my iPod this morning while doing some pre-Christmas cleaning when one of my favourite songs from 2012 came on: Gotye’s Somebody That I Used To Know. As a cunning linguist

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18 | 01 | 2013
Guest Blog - Dance With Depression by Gemma

Once upon a time I had depression, and then it came back...and then it came back...and then it came back…
 
So why if I have suffered before did fail to welcome

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11 | 01 | 2013
Guest Blog - Stranger Within by Kimmie

I avoid talking to strangers! I am never comfortable in unfamiliar company and wary of half the world it seems! 
There is one stranger who just won’t let me be! One who I am

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11 | 01 | 2013
Guest Blog - Introversion - a Trait Not a Flaw by Fabio

Ever read a Facebook status update of the ‘At home by myself, really bored!’ variety (usually accompanied by an indiscriminate use of ‘LOL’, ‘OMG’ or ‘Literally’) and felt perplexed at how

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11 | 01 | 2013
Guest Blog - Bipolar Blog by Tom

What if I never escape this?
 
5 years ago at the age of 16 I went to see my GP. I didn't understand what was wrong with me, I was constantly down yet I had

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11 | 01 | 2013