Matt Wilkinson from Heart FM talks to Christina about living with depression.

The word 'depression' is totally inadequate to describe the absolute hell of what depression, depression illness really is.

Christina talks about feeling isolated, experiencing dissociation and anxiety, and how things got so bad that she considered taking her own life.

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Siobhan talks to Matt about how living with bipolar has affected her life including her work, her role as a parent and the treatment and support she has received.

You feel fantastic. You think you can move mountains, you can run marathons, that you have the best ideas in the world... But of course what happens is your body starts to get very tired. 

She also talks about the importance of sleep in keep her mood steady.

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Fasial talks to us about how difficult it was to get help for, what eventually was diagnosed as, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).

I felt like I was on my own, who was going to understand me?

He explains why he didn't want to tell his family, or his university at the time and talked first to his GP and what enables him to be able to manage his intrusive thoughts day to day.

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Bryony talks about the challenges of being a full time carer and managing her bipolar disorder.

It’s definitely just the feeling of a gradual sort of mini tornado inside you that’s spiralling, or beginning to spiral out of control.

She tells us how she copes day to day, including having her own time at the gym and getting creative in the kitchen.

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Tim explains how he manages his mental health with the food eats.

I’d always thought of food as obviously nutrition, but also probably without realising it also as a kind of comfort thing and as an emotional support.

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