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Award-winning theatre company Silent Uproar is bringing its critically acclaimed musical cabaret about depression to Hampshire after wowing crowds and critics alike at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe. As part of its first ever UK tour, Silent Uproar presents A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super Sad) at Bedales Theatre in Petersfield on 2 October; The Spring in Havant on 3 October; West End Centre in Aldershot on 5 October; and Phoenix Theatre in Bordon on 6 October. Written by Olivier award winner Jon Brittain (Rotterdam, Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho) with music by Matthew Floyd Jones (Frisky and Mannish), prepare to laugh, cry and even get a song or two stuck in your head. Influenced by the company’s personal experiences and informed by interviews with people living with mental health problems and medical professionals, it’s a joyful, buoyant, gleeful, slightly silly, sugar coated, unrelenting and completely super happy show! Except for all the bits about depression. Th...

I have been feeling low and don't like the feeling at all. So I decided to find out more. According to the NHS website a general low mood can include sadness, an anxious feeling, worry, tiredness, low self-esteem, frustration and anger. However, a low mood will tend to improve after a short time. You can make some small changes in your life, such as resolving a difficult situation or talking about your problems and getting more sleep to improve your mood. A low mood that doesn't go away can be a sign of depression. Symptoms of depression can include feeling hopeless and helpless, having low self-esteem, feeling tearful, feeling guilt-ridden, feeling irritable and intolerant of others, having no motivation or interest in things, finding it difficult to make decisions, having suicidal thoughts or thoughts of harming yourself , feeling anxious or worried. You can also become depressed at certain times, such as during the winter months or when you are pregnant. Treat...