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Meet Keisha
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Growing up as a twin, Keisha struggled to find her own identity and got into the habit of presenting a facade of perfection to hide her depressed feelings. She is starting to learn to open up a bit more to others...more >>
Also in "Depression In Context"...
“I guess I went through that sort of university-age crisis that lots of people go through when you don't know where you're going to go; you're not sure what kind of life you want to have; you don't know if you're doing the right thing.”
Kristy

 

“Counselling has helped me accept that it's not my fault that I am the person I am. It wasn't my fault that I was black, and brought up in a predominantly white area of the country. Nor was it my fault that I was different to other children.”
Mike
Students Against Depression
 

Depression In Context

Looking At Depression

Bring depression down to size

Depression looms large through the narrow focus and inward gaze it encourages. Taking a big step back and viewing depression in context immediately brings it back down to size.

Habits are learned in a social context

Seeing depression as a purely individual problem can leave the person affected feeling isolated and stuck in a passive victim role. Individual habits of depression are not acquired in a vacuum - they are learned and internalised from a specific social context. In this section, depression is considered as a social and cultural issue.

Take a wide-angle view of depression

Depression and being a student

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