I don't know about you, but sometimes I feel like I'm sailing along, just getting by quite happily, and then suddenly I have that creeping feeling that I'm getting depressed again. 

Last week was one such occasion. On reflection, it was a really tough week. I regularly have evening meetings as part of my job in addition to the 9 to 5. Last week I had one. But coupled with family stress caused by both children in different ways, not to mention a boss, who just doesn't cut the mustard, plus the additional stress of being a decision maker as a school governor on an exclusion panel, by Friday, I was feeling pretty rubbish.

And on Friday, ironically I had wonderful plans: a day at the tennis with friends with a picnic and Pimms. What more could a girl ask for?

And if I wasn't prone to depression, It might have been the perfect antidote. Like many of us on here, I do suffer from depression and all those stressors appear to have tipped me over the edge.

So today, whilst still trying to work, albeit on a 'go slow' I try to lick my wounds and be gentle with myself.

What do you do when you feel you are getting ill? 

BrumMum

A Moodscope member