I believe he was diagnosed with clinical depression after he got meningitis. I did not know him back then, but he says the therapist told him that it was the meningitis that messed up his brain. It was also because of the meningitis that he lost his hearing.

He has a cochlear implant so his hearing is almost as good as yours or mine. The problem comes in when he has bad hearing days, when he struggles to hear because he is tired or sick, then he gets even more depressed and it becomes a vicious cycle that he cannot get out of. On these days he is also very likely to get panic attacks.

He supports me a lot, I just feel bad because I cannot return the support on those days that he needs me. Especially now that my mum is sick, it is even more difficult to be there for him.

Thank you again for listening, this is the only way I can talk about this, so thanks.