: About Me

I was for almost 30 years, a Staff Nurse specializing in Psychiatry. Every day it was my job to nurse people suffering from depression. Then, one day about ten years ago, I switched sides and became very depressed myself. It was mind-bogglingly awful. It negatively affected every area of my life and eventually lost me my job and career - the euphemism was "retired due to ill health!" This left me with a tattered life, very little money and several suicidal plans. I was given numerous appointments with Psychologists, psychiatrists and regular changes of medication. These all started out wel...