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I was diagnosed with  clinical depression in December 2012. It was a very dark time in my life and it took me a long time to see a doctor and face my illness. At 20 years old, it was hard for me to believe that I could possibly be depressed. I was one of those people that didn't believe it was an illness and that you could just snap out of it if you tried hard enough - I couldn't have been more wrong! 

Eighteen months on and I feel like a completely new person, I have made some big decisions and changed my life for the better. I couldn't have done that without the help and support of my family and friends. I'm count myself lucky that I'm one of those who are fortunate enough to have a big family and lots of friends who were there to look after me when I could hardly look after myself. 

But there are those who don't have any family, and I know that when you're in that dark place its easy to push your friends away, that's why charities like SAMH are so important.

Running helped me through the tough times, but it was only something i ever did occasionally. Now I'm actually going to train and run a proper race!!

I'd be most grateful if you had some money to spare to help me fundraise for SAMH as everyone deserves to be happy.

Thank you

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