I've battled with depression my whole life and it's great to see it coming out into the open like this. Ten years ago I had to leave a good job simply because of the prejudice against sufferers - in journalism you are considered washed up if you admit depression and there's still a lot to do to educate non-sufferers.

In my experience it hits people who care about their work and sometimes may have unrealistic expectations of themselves. Self knowledge and recognising when it's 'in the post', then doing something to counter it is the key, and Yana's recipes will help here.

Also, for me the turning point came when I left the job I hated and set up my own business.

Great article, sensitively done, Sarah. Thanks.