Argus title : Black dog of depression can often be chased away
Three weeks ago I was feeling depressed. There were distressing reports in the news and I was mourning the death of old friend and colleague, Irene Parry. It happened to be National Depression Week.
I hadn’t the heart to write a serious article about current affairs – or indeed National Depression Week – so wrote something which was in part about Irene, but was also a tribute to my favourite tea shop, “The Mock Turtle”. I explained that it has the power to raise my spirits when I feel sad or depressed.
Aficionados of the Mock Turtle enjoyed the article. Several of Irene’s friends contacted me to say they liked it too. However, it obviously deeply wounded one anonymous correspondent to the Argus, who disagreed with my references to depression. Continue reading