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Welcome to Mad World, the Podcasts that aims to prove that it's really, really normal to feel weird.

Each week we're going to talk to a different person about their mental health, the ways

they deal with their mental health, and the ways that they sometimes don't deal with it.

Last week we kicked off with some dude called Harry,

lives in a palace, don't know if you've heard of him.

Today though, we have the most brilliant woman with us in the studio. Her name might not be as

immediately recognizable to you as his Royal Highness Prince Henry of Wales but her

story is no less interesting. Mandy Stevens is a former NHS director of mental health.

She has worked for 30 years in mental health nursing services, but last year she

went from being a mental health professional to a mental health

patient herself after she was admitted to hospital in Hackney near where she lives

for a major depressive episode and Mandy is here today to tell us

her story about how she went from professional to patient. Mandy thank you for

being with us. My pleasure hello. Mandy, we start each podcast by asking each guest how they are, but not just how are you.

Like, don't just answer with, I'm fine, thanks.

I want to know, how are you really right now Mante

Stevens oh thank you finally so looking at the day it's been six months since I was

admitted to hospital which is a huge length of time.

I'm really delighted with how I'm feeling at the moment.

I'm feeling much more positive and my depression has nearly lifted but the

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