What is the matter with me ?

Many of us will say finally, spring is here, with its bright colours, fresh scents and a sense of new life all around us.

However, not everybody can enjoy the beauty of this season, feel the joy and enthusiasm for the days getting longer, the warming rays of the sun.

Au contraire: A frighteningly high number of fellow-humans and you may be one of them, might wonder “what is the matter with me? Why do I feel as if paralysed, without any drive and totally down?“ a feeling beyond physical tiredness, especially in spring, with the awakening of nature, the good mood of people all around us, we can feel our own sadness even more and be made painfully aware of.

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THE HIDDEN TRUTH

THE HIDDEN TRUTH - ENDING THE SILENCE ON POST-NATAL DEPRESSION

Often heralded as ‘the silent epidemic’ due to the reluctance of sufferers to talk openly about their experiences, post-natal depression – or post-natal illness as it is now known – is reported to affect approximately one in ten women. Here, Caroline Clutterbuck speaks to Elizabeth, a 35-year-old mother of two who has had PNI since the birth of her first son almost five years ago.
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Fighting Life

By Marcy Clapp

I have divided my life in to two portions; the duck period of my life from the time I was born through August 23, 2002, and from August 24, 2002 to today which I define as the floating leaf period of time.

The duck period is the time of my life before I was diagnosed with an acoustic neuroma brain tumor. This is the time of my life when I envisioned myself as a duck floating in the water. On the surface I looked cool and collected but under the surface I was paddling like mad.
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