Its one of the great unsaids in our society. go into any room anywhere and about 40% of the people there have had some sort of mental problems.

I know I had depression for a while, its weird trick that your mind plays on you, gives you panic attacks and such. If you've had to cope with loss of some sort - it lies in wait for us. I think accepting that, was the point for me when I started to get better.

After that I could start working on getting rid of some of the physical problems it had engendered. What also worked for me was getting a load of books from the library about the illness. the more I understood about what was happening to me - the less easy it was for my mind to trick me.

loads of people have gone through what you're going through and some of them have written about it. You are not unique.   Its a problem which others before you have had to face, and most of them manage to see it off, and live normal lives.

all best wishes mate!

Big Al Whittle