Do you have experience of disclosing a mental health issue such as depression?

Lis0101

If so, and you would be willing to give up an hour of your time to be interviewed about your experience of telling others please get in touch.

To introduce myself, my name is Lisa and I am a Masters Student studying Applied Psychology. I am looking at experiences of disclosure regarding various mental health issues (anxiety, depression, bipolar etc) in various contexts (at home, with friends, at work etc) as part of my research project.

Despite increasing awareness and information about mental health, I think most people would agree it can still be a taboo subject and I am interested in finding out what kind of attitudes people are facing as well as how they deal with telling others, the reasons for doing so and what they learned from the experience. There may also be many positive experiences that people have had and that they are willing to share and it would be equally rewarding to learn more about these too.

If you think you would like to take part and share your experiences through an anonymous interview, you can pm me and I will be happy to chat further and send you on some more information

Thanks guys
Lisa

bite30

well i am alison i have two children have been trying to kill my self for as long as i remember the last time i done a good job my liver was failing but started come back to life i am open and honest about it bar to my children will explain when time is right , At the monment i not to good feeling low very low old taughts starting to come back i have been dianosed as bipolar but of meeds as i am not good with forms and never filled out the forms for my medical card