By Whirlwind|2015-09-28T15:02:57+12:00July 1st, 2014|Depression, Whirlwind Stories|0 Comments
Stephen Fry is one of the most recognisable faces on television. An intellectual, an actor, a journalist, a gay man, a film-maker, a comedian and a presenter, he is well loved the world over for his warmth, honesty, sense of humour and disarming humility.
Stephen Fry is perhaps best remembered for his comedy show “A bit […]
By Whirlwind|2015-09-28T15:02:57+12:00June 15th, 2014|Depression, Whirlwind Stories|0 Comments
When did I start to fall apart?
When I kept on taking psychedelic drugs, even though I hated most of my trips? When I carried on drinking until the bottom of the bottle arrived, with no accompanying revelation? When I had my first breakdown? Or when I chose to ignore it? When I developed chaotically fluctuating […]
By Whirlwind|2015-09-28T15:02:57+12:00June 1st, 2014|Depression, Whirlwind Stories|0 Comments
How often does a story of depression start with the words…’everything was going well in my life’ ?
I was partner in an Architectural practice, had two lovely kids, a lovely wife, a nice home in an idyllic Cornish town by the sea.
For some inexplicable reason, as the millennium drew to a close, I decided that […]
By Whirlwind|2015-09-28T15:02:57+12:00May 15th, 2014|Depression, Whirlwind Stories|0 Comments
Ala’imalo Lua Maynard
The message I got growing up as a Samoan boy was that violence was necessary to discipline and to get things done. I carried that message into future relationships which all seemed to end prematurely. It took a while before I decided to seek help. Today my relationships with loved ones have improved and I?m now learning […]
By Whirlwind|2015-09-28T15:02:57+12:00May 1st, 2014|Depression, Whirlwind Stories|0 Comments
I never thought of myself as someone who had a mental health problem. I grew up during a time when it was not talked about, or even recognised. And if you did feel a bit down you were told to just ‘shake it off’ and carry on. One certainly didn’t discuss it with others.
But about […]
By Whirlwind|2015-09-28T15:02:57+12:00April 15th, 2014|Depression, Whirlwind Stories|0 Comments
Everybody has a breaking point when the pressure of worry or grief overwhelms you.
This has happened to me twice, the last time in my late 40’s when my alcoholic wife divorced me to get her share of our matrimonial assets. Over a period of a few months I lost my wife, our home and finally […]
By Whirlwind|2015-09-28T15:02:57+12:00April 1st, 2014|Depression, Whirlwind Stories|0 Comments
My story of my mental health begins on a high, and hopefully will also end in one. I am a 27 year old, new radio broadcaster. After graduating from New Zealand Radio school in 2008, (aged 25), graduating very high, 3rd overall, and scholarships along with it. I quickly gained a radio broadcasting job in […]
By Whirlwind|2015-09-28T15:02:57+12:00March 1st, 2014|Depression, Whirlwind Stories|0 Comments
The Saga of the Stone is a short story I wrote back in 1997 (although it’s been revised a bit over the years).
To me it’s a very personal story – because the events and people in it are real. It covers a series of events that happened to me when I was 20, which very […]
By Whirlwind|2015-09-28T15:02:57+12:00March 1st, 2014|Depression, Whirlwind Stories|0 Comments
I had already experienced first hand what can happen to someone suffering from anxiety and depression and it had shocked me. but I suppose it just never occurred to me that i could suffer from mental health issues too. I had dealt with large workloads before. I had dealt with pressured situations before. As i […]
By Whirlwind|2015-09-28T15:02:57+12:00February 15th, 2014|Depression, Whirlwind Stories|0 Comments
In numerous ways, I can’t help but feel that telling my story is a little premature. I can recognise the problems I’ve had and that I continue to have but too frequently still choose to take the path of least resistance and give in to negative, destructive thoughts and emotions rather than choose to fight […]