Well it's October. This is a time of year that DWD normally gets busier with lots of new members and returning older faces due to the seasons changing, days getting shorter and people finding it hard to cope. It's also drawing closer to Christmas which can be such a hard time for so many people.
I do have some exciting news. A while ago ITV's "This Morning" were doing a piece on Depression and so I emailed them letting them know about what we at DWD do, why we do it and how we try to help by listening. I had a lovely email response from Denise Robertson (their Agony Aunt) saying that she has had a look at DWD and thinks we are doing a wonderful job and that she will be referring people to us in the future. This is just amazing for me! I'm so thrilled and excited that the work that the wonderful team do totally unpaid and all the members has been given the thumbs up by someone who is so experienced and such a well known person. It's such a buzz. I couldn't do it on my own and I can't thank the mods and admin team nearly enough. They all give up their time voluntarily to help others. They are amazing.
It's also Mental Health Awareness week and someone posted a brilliant blog post on my Facebook wall, so I thought I'd share the link to. A card to celebrate because "you are the best kind of fucked up". CLICK HERE Please do click to share as it's a light hearted way to help break the stigma of Mental Health Illness.
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