New here. Survived depression and happy to share my experiences.

[JulieCh]

Hi

I'm a loving mum to 4 great teens/young adults. I have struggled a lot in recent two years and learnt some great tools to manage this issue. Happy to help where I can

J

[Croix]

Dear JulieCh~

Welcome to the forum, it is always great to hear from someone for whom things are working out. Trying to cope wiht depression while caring for 4 teems wold be terribly difficult, and I would expect they would have felt the effects of your illness too.

So would you like to say a little more about how you have dealt with things? Did you see a GP and psych, have meds, practice a different lifestyle?Anything that works for you might well work for others.

Also have you someone to confide in that cares and wants to support you?

I look forward to your reply

Croix

[romantic_thi3f]

Hi JulieCh,

Welcome to the forums! I'm glad that you're here.

You mentioned that you learned some great tools to help. One of the sub-forums that we have here is called Staying Well. A lot of the threads are about different strategies, techniques or even just book recommendations! You may want to have a look or even start your own thread there -

https://www.beyondblue.org.au/get-support/online-forums/staying-well

Hope that you enjoy being part of the forums! Feel free to ask any questions if you like.