In 2006 I was transformed; painfully, permanently. That was the year I suffered a mental breakdown and spent the majority of the year surrounded by the thick fog of depression. […]
I’ve always been a talker, for as long as I can remember. Talk a glass eye to sleep I could. If it came into my head then, more often than […]
“Hi, how are you?” “Yeah, I’m alright thanks, are you? Well, no actually I’m not, I’m not OK.” I’m not OK. Three small words, yet three of the biggest words […]
“I’m Matthew and in spite of being here I consider myself to have a very blessed life. I am a single father of two wonderful children; I have a career […]
Raising suicide awareness Wait!! Come back! OK, so it isn’t the most enticing headline ever. The first thing I ought to say is that no, I am not suicidal. Far […]
Living with a black dog Winston Churchill used the metaphor of the black dog to describe his bouts of depression. In the only sentence I will ever be mentioned alongside Churchill, […]
Along with books music is a huge love of mine, and many of the most significant moments in my life have their own special soundtrack. This has its downside when […]