• In England, women are more likely than men to have a common mental health problem & one in five (19.1%) women had CMD symptoms, compared with one in eight men.
• 4.6% of adults, around 310,000 in London, say they have deliberately self-harmed without the intention of killing themselves.
• 3 in 4 people living in the lowest household income bracket report having exprienced a mental health problem.
• Evidence suggests that 12.7% of all sickness absence days in the UK can be attributed to mental health conditions

My story
See I am what you call a depressive… Well, to give it its proper title I am a “functioning depressive”… What does that mean? Well in laymen’s terms it means that I am depressive but can function in society (hide it sooo well that you would never know!!) I haven’t always been this way, in fact whilst growing up I was the confident, creative, eccentric, popular girl at school with so much ambition and drive inspiring teachers and friends alike, ready to take on the world, with so much love to give…so one might ask where did it all go wrong? To be continued...