My dad wanted to kill himself! Imagine being 8 yrs old and discovering this. 2 weeks later he had a full on nervous breakdown, he was diagnosed with clinical depression he left the sea and worked onshore.

Things were great until I reached 10, I was bulliedd badly, suffered from bulima and anorexia due to feeling like an outsider-a feeling that never left me.

I remember coming home from school one lunchtime when I was 12 and my dad was there, which was very unusual. “Your mum tried to kill herslf”, the only words I could remember my dad telling me.

My mum was diaganosed with paranoid psycosis. Between the age 12 and 21 my mum tried to commit suicide several times, it became tiresome. I had to grow up so quickly, I looked after my parents. I feel like they robbed me of my childhood, now a married woman I have no desire to have children because I am afriad I will pass on this terrible affliction.

My main purpose for writing is because I want to say that Lacy Turner did a fantastic job of portrying a very difficult and delicate situation, that I have experienced 4 times so far in my very young 29 years. I was in tears when I watched the episode where Stacey was led away, only because it was reminiscient of when my mother has been led away on many occasions. Thank you for accurately highlighting mental illness.

Kind regards,

Mrs C