Rather like "Broadcast News ; "I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take it any more.
So to business - I suffer from depression - no, no don't turn off it gets better (not the depression).
I nursed my beloved mother through hideous cancer - lost my job and then tokk in my dad who developed bowel cancer. Nothing you haven't heard before. I had a breakdown - doctor signed me off as too unwell to work. I think he was right - I was sitting in a filthy flat - unabe to choose a tin of soup without crying.
Then with apathy of the drugs and the mindset of that, "grey, emptiness despair" (Emily Dickinson), I managed to get my home repossessed. AsI am sure you can imagine it didn't really help the depression.
Got given an interview with a 'health professional'. Took four Diazepam - threw up thrice but went - guess what? I'm fit to work! Oh Yeah come and take a look on the bad days - the days when I take too many sleeping pills in the hope that I won't wake up. But nobody listens because I am articulate and well spoken and people like me aren't supposed to end up in this situation. BUT WE DO!
Now the good bit - through all of this one thing had shone through - we underestimate the humanity and kindness of people. I have never been so humbled by their unfailing kindness - even a stranger offering a bed for the night
