Author Archives: Joseph H-J

#depression Tears over chocolate

Funny how the simple gesture of someone giving you a bar of chocolate can reduce you to tears! In this case it was my mum giving me a simple bar of chocolate and whispering that it was just for me so that the girls didn’t hear and want their ‘fair’ share! It doesn’t seem muchContinueContinue reading “#depression Tears over chocolate”

#depression – Friends and family

The importance of keeping in contact with friends and family cannot be under valued when you are feeling down. I know it is easy and seems better to stay away and not burden them or upset them. That your troubles and challenges are yours and yours alone. This feeling is another insidious aspect of depression.ContinueContinue reading “#depression – Friends and family”

#depression Feelings of Failure

A feeling that creeps up and takes me by surprise but then grips me and I must wrestle to overcome and reject its temptation. This feeling is often a very sinister caniving one. How to beat Failure First of all failure can be beaten. Know that. You need to work to identify it when itContinueContinue reading “#depression Feelings of Failure”

#depression Worries of a father

As a single father of two beautiful little girls I have worried of late about how my depression is and will affect them. Even though I try my best to hide it when with them and present as confident and happy a front as I can. I still worry that it will permeate through. TheContinueContinue reading “#depression Worries of a father”

#depression The sleep app… keeping a waking eye on sleep patterns

One of the things I am very aware of is how disturbed my sleep can be, for many reasons, and how this has a direct effect on how I feel. So I downloaded a sleep app for my phone that will not only monitor how I sleep also it will lull me into silent slumberContinueContinue reading “#depression The sleep app… keeping a waking eye on sleep patterns”