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Lads I continue to take Prozac daily, but I'm starting to wonder if the stress I put myself under at work is overriding my medication. Haven't felt 100% at times in the last couple of months.

You haven't heard the last of these lads, as desperately as I know full well you want to believe otherwise. 

Hearing about them isn't the problem they face.

They'll make a miserable boy of you yet heigh.

You haven't heard the last of these lads, as desperately as I know full well you want to believe otherwise. 

Kerry young lads believing the shite propaganda from Spillane and Co about being the new golden generation. On the other hand Galway did the work on the pitch

These lads are not the kind to believe the hype, they've just had a bad day at the office - can happen the best. People will only jump at the chance to have a pop at a beaten Kerry team, I understand that, but these lads are outstanding footballers, and this might do them the power of good in the long run.

I've a horrible feeling you are right. A loss like today, could do them a world of good in the long run.

Grasp away at the straws. They got what they deserve from their effort. You might get three seniors out of them

It's a bit harder to take the hype serious after they got played off the field by the poorest Galway side to win Connacht in at least 12 years, managed by someone no one in Galway had faith in to begin with. Far cry from the team that was supposed to have Dublin quaking in their boots at senior.

Those last two comments are another example of why yesterday's loss might be the best thing to ever happen them.

Kerry young lads believing the shite propaganda from Spillane and Co about being the new golden generation. On the other hand Galway did the work on the pitch

These lads are not the kind to believe the hype, they've just had a bad day at the office - can happen the best. People will only jump at the chance to have a pop at a beaten Kerry team, I understand that, but these lads are outstanding footballers, and this might do them the power of good in the long run.

There goes Jack O'Connor's chance of managing the seniors again. In the long run this might be the best thing ever happened these players.

Eh? Unless he steps down he's another shot next year. Dislike him as much as the next person but premature much?

I don't think you realise how badly this is going to go down in Kerry. It sounds harsh, it is harsh, but nothing less than an All-Ireland would have been expected.

Judging by his sidestepping on twitter, Joyce has genuinely rattled Brolly.

There goes Jack O'Connor's chance of managing the seniors again. In the long run this might be the best thing ever happened these players.

Again, I thank each and every one of you for your kind words. This is a fine thread. I've read through it a few times, and I'm astounded at just how many of you have been through this. If this is a snapshot of wider society, then I think it goes some way to showing us just how widespread it probably is. Sadly, it is still not talked about enough. Some day, that will change.

Last summer was an awful experience. I hope it is one I never have to relive. I am confident I won't have to. If you are feeling down, you have nothing to be ashamed of. It's a bit sad that we still have to reiterate that, but so be it. Last summer, my sleep was constantly interrupted. When it was, my mind would force me to pass the time until work by repeating to me why I was such a bad person. My mind paralysed me. I had problems, but due to my paralysis I could not work on them. Medication has given me the leg-up I needed to work on those things, and there's no shame in that. Why should we be forced to continue on in our daily lives with a MEDICAL CONDITION that forces us to hate ourselves, a condition that takes the joy out of EVERYTHING (not a shit I could have given about last year's championship), breaks up relationships and friendships. In my case, it got to the point where I broke down in tears to my father and told him I hated myself. Why I allowed myself to suffer to that point is now beyond me.

If you are going through tough times, don't be stupid. Apply a bit of common sense. If you have a broken leg, you don't walk around on it, and you would think that person to be a f**king eejit if they did. Why would you keep going around without seeing to a broken mind?

I reckon Kerry are going to be pretty poor again throughout the league if I'm being honest. They've just about stayed up the past two years. I don't expect them to be relegated, but it's clear that Fitzmaurice uses it for giving just about everyone with even a minor shout of a championship place a go.

I also foresee more of the 'Kerry are finished' rubbish from both journos and football hipsters, based on two or three bad defeats. I'd make Kerry second favourites for the championship, regardless of whether they win the league or lose all seven games.

Thank you all very much for your kind comments. It's a horrible condition and I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy!

I read this fine OP some time ago and wondered about posting myself as it might help some people if they saw a bit of honesty. Even though I would encourage anyone with depression to speak out and not feel ashamed (why should you?), I've never really applied that rule to myself. This is my second bout of depression, and I've been very private about it up until this point. Nobody really knows the FULL extent of it.

I suffered from depression over an eight month period (roughly) in 2009. Much of it arose from the passing of my grandmother. On that occasion, counselling worked wonders for me. Although unpleasant, it was a relatively mild bout in comparison to what I have felt recently.

Over the summer, I found myself working far too much. My work does not involve much variety, it's the same routine every day. I like to think of myself as a very kind person, but I received some nasty comments over my appearance (I am very small, and seemed to get them more regularly than usual over the summer, both at work and outside of work. While I imagine most people just get on with it, for some reason I took these comments to heart more than I normally would last summer. However, despite being unhappy at the hum-drum nature of my work and the comments of others, it was not until an old friend of mine took his own life this summer that it registered with me that I was depressed. I would regularly wake up at about five in the morning, and stay awake until it was time to get up for work, spending all of this time worrying irrationally, thinking about how unhappy I was with how I look and what a useless person I am in general.

After that, my relationship broke down, which compounded matters. She did not know to any extent what was going on, and I do not hold anything against her. My self-loathing became worse. I eventually opened up to my parents who were very supportive, and my doctor was very helpful. Counselling did not work this time, as I was starting to contemplate self-harm and wondering if there was any point in living.

I have had to take medication, and I am not ashamed of that. I feel it has allowed me to get on with life, see the good in things again and given me the energy to work on the very things that have brought me down. I am currently gaining some journalistic experience which is fantastic, I have done some gym work and am much happier with how I look. I have negotiated a more reasonable work schedule and rekindled friendships with people that I lost touch with over the course of my relationship, which has also been reconciled. I drink very little, and I can safely say that that has helped me a lot. I have spoken to a select few about it, which has also helped enormously.

It may seem an unusual post from someone who rarely posts here at all, but it's been on my mind since I read the OP and I wondered if it might help to share my experience with others. At the end of the day, it doesn't matter how small your 'reason' for being depressed is (I do not know why there needs to be a reason at all, in fact there doesn't), there's always help and a path to take. Most reading this may not even care. But if it helps even one person, as cliched as that may sound, then I would only be delighted! 

As bad as Cork were, Kerry were very impressive. Kerry play Mayo, or Galway, Kerry win. I think they're a few points off Dublin, but I honestly believe they're the second best team in the country. It just so happens that the GAA hipsters refuse to give them any credit, and I await to have my correct opinion looked down upon.

Joe Brolly mentioned Donegals 'resurgence' several times today. What f**king resurgence?

[You're not not going to talk about it.]

A bit better.

http://www1.skysports.com/watch/video/9337726/gaa-to-make-debut-on-sky-sports

A lot better. That's exactly the kind of enthusiasm you expect from Sky, selling the game. As regard the Black card, he spoke eloquently. I've always liked the guy, it's easy to criticise somebody just because they weren't GAA players themselves, but give him a chance. On that evidence, he won't be half bad.

Yes it is better, but you you really have to jump straight into the controversy du jour before you have even broadcast a match?

Show some epic footage of the two teams, historical rivalry or whatever.

They could have done that with the hurling, considering that it is a hurling match that they're broadcasting on Saturday, but you're nit-picking a bit. Sky have no reputation for being negative about the sports they broadcast. If anything, Carney was being positive in relation to the black card and its impact. Whether you like it or not, the black card is the big issue in GAA right now. You're not not going to talk about it.

You don't.