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Personal stories

Depression

These stories have been collected through the Institute’s annual writing competition.
Read more about the writing competition.

Learning to Live, Not Suffer - The drugs that didn't get away

Time Does Not Stop

Understanding My Son's Black Dog

How to live with the Black Dog

How I Deal with My Mum's Depression

Learning to Live with Depression

Me, My Family and Our Secret

Bringing the Black Dog to Heel

How to Live with Depression

Recovery - a poem

Hair of the Dog

How to Live with the Black Dog - Love

Methods for dealing with the Black Dog

Butterflies

Depression and the Law

Frangipanis and Freedom

Jane Doe

Strange Girl

Surfing the Wave at Work

Working in Colour

Working Towards Wellness

You'll Love It Once You're In!

Black Dog Diary

And Then My Tears Subsided

What to Do When Its Hard to Walk

The Sensitive Steam Engine

Depression: Something You Cannot Do Alone

Success and its Relation to the Darkest Corner of the Soul

The Day the Music Died

My Depression from Nowhere

In Memory of Kipper Thompson

The Devil and Me

Remember, Remember

Crippled by Something Nameless

Carrying 'ME' Around

The Way to Wellness in the Workplace

Going with the Flow

The Black Dog is Unluckier than Black Cats

Please Don't Pat the Dog

There is the Human Soul...

There is the Human Soul...

My Depression Emerged Suddenly

Bringing in the Light

Reel the Line In

What is a Snowflake?



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