Comments on: Living in Darkness interview with Toni White

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:33:37 +0000

Wow Toni, I never knew!!!

By: Katie

Katie — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 02:02:27 +0000

I booked a 3-wk trip to South Africa (first visit) as I was sinking into my latest cloud of depression this summer, and I hit a whole new depth 2 weeks later. I was nervous how I’d be on a group overland tour (picked to force myself into a routine – eating, sleeping, doing) when I was still undermedicated, but once I was there…I was in my element, and there was a sense of peace and rightness even though South Africa itself is such a strange land. It has me re-evaluating how I’m living so I can have more stretches of feeling normal.

By: Talon

Talon — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 09:06:23 +0000

In reply to Melanie Murrish. Put on some make-up? *shakes my head*

By: Melanie Murrish

Melanie Murrish — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 08:05:16 +0000

Great post-I remember a family member telling me to put on some make-up to make me feel better; it was then I relalised how misunderstood I was. Thanks for sharing.x

By: Dalene

Dalene — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 23:35:39 +0000

What a brave post Toni, thank you so much for sharing this all. A lot of what you said has resonated with me, although not as all-encompassing, I have gone through a form of PTSD and your description of your feelings have really hit home.

By: Carole Applegarth

Carole Applegarth — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 20:03:13 +0000

What has helped me so much is a Chi Machine, not one of the knockoff’s. It gets my body and my mind going, been using it since 1999, just wanted to share:)

By: Talon

Talon — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:37:24 +0000

In reply to Melissa. I hope it's helpful to people to get to know others and to put a face on it.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:34:22 +0000

Wow, does this resonate with me. My deep depression also started for me around the age of 13. It was something, I think, that to this day is not understood by my family (who still bring up what a ‘problem teen’ I was without bringing up any of the illness I was suffering… I’ve been told that they hope my own child won’t cause me so much ‘grief’… Oy!). This past year I finally was able to put a clinical name to my depression (PMSD). Wow, it made all the difference in the world knowing that I wasn’t alone. Bravo to Toni for telling her story!