EVERYTONE feels down, fed-up, miserable or sad from time-to-time. These feelings don’t typically last longer than a few days or a week, and they don’t impact too much on our lives. This is natural and often a response to having a bad day or hearing sad news.

Equally, sometimes these feelings can just come out of the blue. We can often cope with them ourselves or with support from our family or friends. You will often hear people say that they are ‘depressed’ when they feel like this, but this is not depression.