In a bid to start a life-changing conversation about mental illness on World Mental Health Day, mum-of-two Jaimi, 26, tells us her story of living with depression – and why we all need talk about it.

They’re affecting more Australian women than we all realise.

It was her final plea before ending her life.

“It was terrifying to realise I hadn’t been happy for a year. That I’d sailed so far away from happy and I hadn’t even noticed.”

Ian Thorpe has shared his experience of depression in a column for the Huffington Post

“The children of mothers who ate an unhealthier diet during pregnancy had higher levels of behaviours that are linked to mental disorders.”

“It’s something that needs to be talked about. Women need to know that they’re not alone, and that it does heal.”

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