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So here's another blog by a patient writing about their depression. This time the patient is a doctor.

Perhaps it's because I'm tired of emailing the Samaritans all the time...

I was signed off work last week after breaking down at work. Since then I've pretty much just been bumming around at home in my underwear.

A few weeks ago a good day involved successfully putting in a chest drain under supervision. Now my “achievements” have included managing to walk to Asda to buy some cereal. Oh how the mighty have fallen.

I've been through this all before. Every couple of years I enter this darkness. The one thing I'm grateful for – if there is anything to be grateful for – is that I don't lose my sense of humour when I'm depressed. Nor do I lose my ability to write or bake cakes. If I get to that stage I'll need to be sectioned.

So I will write and bake my way out of this hole, perhaps throwing in a witty observation from time to time.

Enjoy x