ArizonaSenior Contributor
Severe, long term depression
I thought I would start a thread for those of us who have severe, long term depression, such as a diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD).
I thought we could use this space to talk about things like:
- Our day to day experience of depression.
- How depression affects our lives.
- What supports we have or think we need.
- Coping strategies and self care.
- What works for us/what doesn't work for us.
- Our attitudes towards recovery.
- A clear explanation of the Recovery Model.
- The importance of having good doctors and therapists.
- What it is like for us to deal with mental health organisations.
- What it is like for us to be consumers of the mental health system.
- The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).
- A clear explanation of stigma.
- Our dreams and goals.
And generally being of support to one another.
I'm just suggesting these as ideas to start us off but of course we can talk about anything.
