This is a short post to send my deepest condolences to the family of Gary Speed.
I remember him as a member of the Leeds United dream team of my school days. I even remember bumping into him a couple of times when I was going out drinking in Leeds. He seemed to be a genuinely nice guy and I don’t remember ever hearing a bad word about him.
It’s always sad when someone dies so young and if the reported manner of death is correct it is even more tragic; that someone who appears to have everything going for them could feel so hopeless as to take their own life is something that seems to be causing a lot of confusion.
People seem to think that if you are depressed it is there all the time and you can’t possibly seem as if you’re really happy and positive one day and be so low the next. What they don’t realise is that if you suffer from depression you can be fine one minute and 5 minutes later a switch has flicked in your head and everything suddenly feels hopeless. There is no safe place from what’s inside of us.
I hope that all those who suffer from depression can see this as a way to start having conversations about depression. Hopefully by talking about it we can do something to end the stigma of mental illness.
Take care out there, and look out for each other.
hi toni,
I can’t work out if I’ve actually said it before in so many words, but duh, me too, with the depression. for most of my life. I feel like I am coming to terms with it, I know that it may very well always return but I also know that it will always pass.
lots of love lucy
p.s sometimes I read this blog and I thought you might like her too http://jasminemyers.wordpress.com/
Hi Luce,
sorry it took me so long to reply. Didn’t see your comment. Must have missed the email notification.
I feel the same I know it’s there and I can see the signs that ‘the black dog’ is rearing it’s ugly head but mostly I feel able to cope with it. I know one day I might not be able to.
Had a look at the blog and like the sound of some things she says so have subscribed now.
Love and hugs, Toni. xx