My ex, the father of my little girl, he always blamed me for the fights, for anything... even now, a long time after splitting up, he still believes that he is innocent of everything and it was down to me and my depression... he told me recently that he resents the fact that I didn't begin taking meds until after we had split up. I had to try to explain to him that even if I had started taking meds back then, I would still have fallen out of love and the realtionship would still have ended. We'd have had the same fights, the same disappointments, the same highs, the same laughs, the same lows, the same tears. I probably would have dealt with things a lot better, had I been on my meds back then, but ultimately, the outcome was inevitable.

I have also had to endure cutting remarks from my mum too - I now try to ignore it and not let it upset me, she doesn't understand it all but hopefully one day, she will. Or rather, hopefully one day I'll be better and there won't be an issue!

The people in my life always assume that it's down to depression every time I'm pissed off about something, every time I'm upset. They're worng, of course, but they just don't understand.