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Interview 26

Interview 26

Age at Interview: 36
Sex: Female
Age at Diagnosis: 34
Background: Lives with her partner and young daughter and recently gave up full time work in a social welfare role. Grew up in a difficult family and has experienced anxiety and depression since she can remember.

Brief outline:Not currently on medication, has found the best approaches to include counselling, self-help books, alternative therapies, and adopting a more authentic lifestyle (including enjoyable voluntary jobs).

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Says that she uses a book by Dorothy Rowe, and she really relates to aspects of the book, while other parts are irrelevant.
Print It's (Dorothy Rowe's 'Depression: The Way Out of Your Prison) one of those books that you can like dip into and dip out of it. And some of it is relevant, some of it is not at all relevant, and some of it I read it and thought, “How dare she criticise like parents” and stuff like that. But other bits of it…. it's the sort of book you can keep going back to. And I go back to it even now. And it's really good. It's really good because it's all about….. The stuff that I was talking about…. feeling guilty and not looking after myself and it's all in there. That's probably what I'm spouting it all from because it's about… it's about looking after you and. Some of the things just make me laugh. You know because it's so like, “Oh my God that's me. I'm in there. That's what I do” you know. And then there are case scenarios as well, case studies and things like that. But obviously with any book you've got to read it with….. And you know, be open to like criticism and there are things that aren't going to be relevant.

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