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‘Initially I wasn’t able to accept I had recurrent depression. As a father, I felt I needed to be the one who was strong all the time’
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After receiving a diagnosis of severe recurrent depression in 2018, social worker Gary Kiernan was admitted to a mental health hospital. On World Mental Health Day, he’s encouraging care professionals to take care of themselves too
Social worker Gary Kiernan. Photo: Mark Condren
‘When I look back now, I think depression is something I’ve always had, but it all came to a head in November 2018. I felt absolutely hopeless and powerless. I felt that I couldn’t do anything through work. I just felt I didn’t have the capacity.
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