I have two teenage sons with mental illness and have suffered from depression since I was 15. I'm just about coping at the moment, and while I don't want to bring you all down i do need somewhere I can come where people really understand me.

I lost a much loved guinea pig yesterday and next week I begin a return to nursing course after 18 years of caring for my boys, so I'm a bit fragile. I hope that passes, because I very much prefer the medium of laughter to that of moaning.