Blurt Foundation: Stamping Out The Stigma, One Word At A Time

It was 3pm on the 14th February 2013. I’m in bed, I’ve been in bed off and on for 2 days now. My kids have just left. I’m broken, I’m done in. I’m ill. I as totally useless to my kids over the last 24 hours, they looked after me really. I didn’t have to [...]

We all have our grey days. One of those days where it’s difficult to put into words what exactly is going on. We aren’t in the black where everything is a complete disaster but there’s no brightness either, so we call them grey. Poor old grey gets a bad deal out of this, it never [...]

Well, I never thought I’d be guest blogging on something that I never thought I’d get a break from but here I am. First and foremost, a little background would be good. I’m a 20 year old man. Just graduated high school two years ago. I’ve lived a rather rough home experience for most of [...]

I’ve been married for four months and my wife has periods of depression. I’m always there for her, and do my very best to support her. She tells me I do a great job, but sometimes I don’t get it right. We’re all only human. I have to remember that sometimes I’m talking to the [...]

What started my depression?. Well there is no real way to tell but traumatic events in my young life and a family history are most likely. Looking back I can remember having depressive feelings at age 5 but not until I have a bit of a breakdown when I was 13 did it come to [...]

My 10 month old son has been trying his hardest to walk over the past few days. This time last year I was pregnant and preparing for his arrival. This time last year I was also contemplating suicide. I can’t believe how far my son and I have both come in the last year … [...]

“I had an ‘interesting’ conversation the other day. The person who was speaking at me was rather….. misinformed about pretty much everything really, but mostly about mental health issues. These are some of the gems that they stated…. “People with depression should just get used to it. It’s a fact of life…..” Well… yeah life [...]

I’ve been depressed for years. For most of my life actually. At school I always felt different from other kids, which I suppose made me a target for bullying. If that wasn’t bad enough there was always trouble at home as well. My parents were always rowing about money (my dad gambled a lot), and [...]

How many times have you used the words “I am” when actually “I have” would be sufficient? Thinking about myself I know I have done so many times, and I still do. Let’s use an example: If a person were to attend a job interview and say “I am qualified”, it gives the impression that [...]

“How the hell did you get depressed? You’re so laid back nothing gets to you”.  That was said to me around 14 years ago.  Well I can tell you something got to me. It took me about 8 of those years to really work out what ‘it’ was. I think the ‘it’ is different for all [...]