I have suicidal depression—and board games saved my life

Behold Thirsty Meeples in Oxford, where you can find boardgames as far as the eye can see. (credit: Flickr user Kristina D.C. Hoeppner)

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I have suicidal depression.

That’s not a great opening line, and it’s not something I enjoy talking about, but it’s an important piece of who I am. From the age of 16 onward, depression led me to slowly curl in upon myself until the idea of leaving the house left me pressed into the corner of my room, shaking.

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I have suicidal depression—and board games saved my life