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Tag - Depression

Depression 4

How close did we come to suicide? As close to having a shotgun and putting it under June’s nose. She was fast asleep. The world we lived in had become an entirely different place.

March 13, 2015

WE return to our Sickness and Stigmas series. In...

Depression 3

I’ve slept under the Erskine Bridge a few nights…with my house only a couple of miles away. When you get to that stage, level-headedness and straight thinking goes out the window and alcohol jumps in…

February 27, 2015

Blog, Going Retro

This article first appeared in the Sunday Herald...

Depression 2

All you have to do is ask for help. You wouldn’t think twice about seeking medical attention for a broken leg. The only difference is they don’t put depression in a plaster cast for all to see.

February 26, 2015

IT has taken me 16 years to go public about my...

Depression 1

I was never tempted to take the same drastic suicide option as Clarke Carlisle, but there were many, many nights that I went to bed and hoped I’d never wake up. That doesn’t happen any more, thank God

February 25, 2015

I’M standing in the wings of the Greenock Arts...