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Category: Depression

Nat Couts_We Don't Talk About
06/06/201603/10/20182016, Breakdown, Depression, Family, Medication, Post-natal, Stigma, Stories

I want to talk about post-natal depression

Nat CoutsMelbourne, VictoriaNat experienced post-natal depression after the birth of her first child, Eric. Despite the experience, Nat and her husband Cameron went on to have a second child, Nathan. Nat […]

We Don't Talk About_Sammy Moynihan
23/05/201622/04/20172016, Chronic disease, Depression, Disability, Family, MS, Multiple Sclerosis, Stories

Thriving with Primary Progressive MS

Sammy Moynihan, CanberraAustralian Capital TerritorySammy is 27 years old. He was diagnosed with Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis (PPMS) in early 2013, but has felt the effects of MS since his […]

Social Anxiety by Niicole Sarah_http://niicolesarah.deviantart.com/art/Social-Anxiety-335085680
10/05/201622/04/20172016, Anxiety, Breakdown, Chronic disease, Depression, Employment, Family, Finances, Medication, Panic, Rape, Stigma

Surviving anxiety and panic disorder, sexual abuse and rape

Madison Prahan, VictoriaMadison left home at 16, running from the death of her mother, sexual abuse and a disengaged father. She lives with anxiety and panic disorder, and has had […]

Bek Paroz for We Don't Talk About
21/01/201622/04/20172016, Archive, Chronic disease, Depression, Disability, Discrimination, Employment, Family, Lupus, Medication, Medication side effects, Rheumatoid arthritis, Stories, Suicide

Working through the pain: A life with Rheumatoid arthritis

Becky ParozRedland City, QueenslandBecky is 41. She grew up in a dysfunctional family environment, exposed to alcohol-fuelled violence from an early age. At 18, when she was already living away […]

27/11/201522/04/20172015, Anorexia, Anxiety, Archive, Chronic disease, Depression, Dying, Medication, Stories, Suicide

Surviving anorexia, depression and someone else’s suicide

 Ashleigh Hill-BuxtonCollingwood, VictoriaAshleigh is 25 years old. Petite, pretty and obviously a determined perfectionist, she is already an old soul. She overcame anorexia and completed one year of a degree in […]

19/11/201522/04/20172015, ALS, Archive, Depression, Dying, Employment, Medication, MND, Motor Neuron Disease, Neurological disease, Stories, Terminal disease

Living with MND on the other side of the world

 Frank LyonsRozelle, New South WalesFrank is almost 63. He was diagnosed with Motor Neuron Disease (MND, or known outside of Australia as ALS) a year ago. Born in Scotland, he […]

09/10/201522/04/20172015, Alzheimer's disease, Archive, Chronic disease, Depression, Disability, Finances, Medication, Neurological disease

The ravages of early onset Alzheimer’s disease

 Jurg KunzleWollstonecraft, New South WalesJurg is 65 years old. Born in Switzerland, he still has a Swiss accent and European mannerisms. He was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s disease in […]

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