Tag: Depression
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Ten supportive things I’m glad somebody said to me
I certainly received a lot of comments on my last post – many, many more than I was hoping for or expecting! A couple of people suggested that it might be useful and/or interesting to see a similar list of ten things which would be helpful to say to someone experiencing depression. I have also…
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Ten things not to say to a depressed person
Depression is a very common illness. The World Health Organization estimates that between 5 and 10% of us are, at any given time, suffering from depression which meets the clinical criteria for a mental illness. Over a person’s life-time, their risk of experiencing clinical depression is 10-20% in women and girls, and slightly less in…
Charlotte Walker 