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Depression

It is often asked what advice you would give to your younger self. We come up with answers like –...

Leigh’s story Age: 29 I have had mental health issues probably since my early teens but it went undiagnosed for...

M's Story Age: 31 Male I started having depression and anxiety when I was 13 or 14. I spent some...

Kelly’s Story Age: 25 (came to Sheffield in 2006 from Zimbabwe) I lost my brother when I was 8 and...

It’s something I think we’re all guilty of at times; we see someone while we’re walking somewhere and ask how...

Fatima’s Story Age: 45 Black Somali As a child I was in foster care. At the age of 16 I...

I was until recently living in the Scottish Borders but events have led me back to Sheffield. I had a...

I’ve always wanted to be a mum. In 2017 I had my first child, a beautiful boy called Gabriel. Pregnancy...

Look up. Two simple words once said to me and resonated. I never realised until recently, that I have spent...

I’m a mixed race man with 2 children, who was brought up and lived in Sheffield the whole of my...