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How one man is fighting depression by relentlessly ‘taking the p*ss’

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Aaron Gillies tackles depression with humour in his new book (Picture: Amazon.co.uk)

One in eight men in the UK have been diagnosed with a mental health problem. A recent YouGov survey found that 12 per cent of men do not have a friend they would discuss a serious topic with.

Depression is something men, particularly, struggle to talk about.

Which is why comedy writer Aaron Gillies started his @TechnicallyRon Twitter account, where he shares funny anecdotes about living with mental illness.

‘You have to take the piss out of depression. Otherwise we are letting it win,’ says the 28-year-old Londoner.

Now his funny tweets about depression and the struggles of everyday life have been turned into… Read the full story


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