Interview 14
Age at interview: 73
Brief Outline: Has responded well to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. He has the support of his wife and has built his confidence in a local sporting club. He recognises depression as a phase that passes.
Background: A retired, married man. He has 2 grown children and grandchildren. Diagnosed in his early 20's he has had numerous episodes of depression and has suffered from anxiety.
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Witnessed bombing and the shooting of people during WWII, and wondered if this had affected him.
Witnessed bombing and the shooting of people during WWII, and wondered if this had affected him.
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A German one?
German Junkers yeah, then he had the cheek to fly down the runway about four feet off the ground, the full length of the runway. So those kind of things you don't know whether they affect you later on. I never ought to be alive according to the mischief we had, because we had a Lancaster bomber crashed, and we had whole belts of ammunition off it [laughs].
Describes getting excellent care at an NHS hospital outpatient clinic.
Describes getting excellent care at an NHS hospital outpatient clinic.
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Explains that it is very difficult to do relaxation classes when you are depressed.
Explains that it is very difficult to do relaxation classes when you are depressed.
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Says that having a hobby can distract from negative thoughts as well as provide meaningful...
Says that having a hobby can distract from negative thoughts as well as provide meaningful...
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I'd become a bowler, gained an interest in bowling, got onto the committee, moved up to treasurer, and I am currently chairman of the bowls club. From that I got such a great reward, I sort of blossomed because in amongst new people, an interest and all the rest of it, and being one of a bunch. And that seemed to be important to me, to be one of the boys, or that sort of thing.
I was pretty well able to hide it (depression) to a large extent, and I didn't have that many friends. And that was partly the reason I took up bowling and these other things to get friends you know.
Experience of many bouts of depression and recovery has led him to accept his depression, and...
Experience of many bouts of depression and recovery has led him to accept his depression, and...
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It's just my life has been bouts of depression and fairly good, and then another bout of depression. And I was warned that my particular sort of depression would follow that kind of path. So you can't be for, forearmed against it, if it's down to you, you'll get it. What you've got to be able to do is accept it, and accepting it seems to be able to make it manageable.
Even though he thought redundancy would affect his mental health, it did not, and he got another...
Even though he thought redundancy would affect his mental health, it did not, and he got another...
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Says that while medication helps you to function, people still need to work on themselves and...
Says that while medication helps you to function, people still need to work on themselves and...
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