My Story

Being in the pit of depression is extremely debilitating. You lose all sense of who you are, where you fit into the world and what you are here for. Things that you have achieved in your past seem lifeless and uninteresting and things you desire for your future now seem utterly empty and pointless.

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Cristy Houghton
Heartbreak and Hope

It wasn’t until our boy died that the [suicide] statistics [became] prevalent for us. When you’re talking 200 attempts a day that are reported, they’re huge numbers, and they’re just the people we hear about.

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Cristy Houghton
Small Talk

“I just don’t know what to do, doc. My body’s buggered and I can’t afford hired help. Jack’s in his last year at boarding school, but what’s he gonna come home to?”

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Cristy Houghton
Mental Health Champion

“You have no light, because no light is able to shine in,” she says. “You can also hardly breathe, yet you have to try to continue functioning and navigate your way through the darkness.”

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Cristy Houghton