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Imagine This Balloon Is Your Depression- " Imagine a big red balloon. This balloon is tide to your wrist and you cannot lose it no matter how hard you try. You start of your day by lying in bed, you wake up angry because the balloon was keeping you awake all night, getting in the way and making you uncomfortable.  You try and get dressed, it takes at least an hour to pick out an outfit you like because nothing would fit around or over this balloon.  Then you hear a knock at the door it's your friend, she has come round for a chat but this balloon is constantly getting in between you both.  You cannot concentrate and you give up and your friend leaves angry at you because you let the balloon get in the way of you both and she did not understand why you couldn't just let it go. In the end you just go back to bed and you cry yourself to sleep"                                     ...

" cheer up, watch something funny. Get over it." How many times have we all heard this said to us or said to someone else? Mental health Is not as easy as watching a comedy show laughing for an hour then magically everything is cured. In this Blog I am going to be talking about depression. Mental health is an illness no matter how many times people say it is just a fad. In this Blog I am going to be talking about some facts about Mental Health, How to help yourself,  signs and symptoms and some helplines to help you when things get too much and you are feeling suicidal.   This Blog is also going to be In 2 parts. This is part one and part 2 Is going to be my own personal story about depression and how I suffered for 4 years In silence and how I finally overcome my struggles. In part one I am going to tell you how and why you can overcome anything you set your mind to.  Facts about Mental Health 1.In 2016 5,668 suicides were recorded in great Britain...