Originally posted at: https://partridgegp.com/2017/03/15/feeling-down-about-depression/Nick is an Australian trained Doctor in General Practice (FRACGP), passionate about quality general practice and family medicine. He is the Principal of Partridge Street General Practice in Glenelg, Adelaide. First connecting through my day job in medical recruitment, Nick has been an avid supporter and follower of Mr. Perfect and generally is a top human. *** Many years ago, coming to general practice from an emergency medicine background, I sat down with a group of trainee GPs. We started to talk about what we would see in general practice. I’d been working as a locum in general practice for a year and I thought I knew everything. ‘Coughs and colds are the bulk of the work’, I confidently...

By Terry Cornick (Mr. Perfect Founder & CEO) A brother of a friend of a friend took their own life on Anzac Day. I heard only today and typed this out within minutes of the news on the bus to work. Without knowing any details or knowing the guy, what I do know is that he was "that guy". The one that had it together, a secure job that was booming, he was charming, had a massive smile and had just bought a boat. Sound familiar? Some would say this was "perfect". Without even knowing his mindset or if he had any history of or current mental illness, I pondered deeply when I heard. I felt sick to the stomach but...

By Roland Davies. It's Sunday night and I've just bailed from a commitment. I feel like shit about it.That all-too-familiar stench of disappointment in oneself, something thankfully less and less frequent in my life these days. Constantly diminishing yes, but deep down something I know to be all but inescapable. Such is the unshakeable nature of mental illness; product of variations infinite unto the human brain.I let myself burn out this week. Bugger! Such frustrating lapse in judgment, judgment I have been steadily sharpening for the past three years. You see I'm getting to know myself rather well. The 25-year path of self-discovery hasn't been tremendously pleasant at times, but infallibly constructive towards improving my mental homeostasis nonetheless. And since...