'It's terrible to suffer in silence and people are there to help.'
Derry pensioner Gordon Harper was living alone at his home, feeling isolated and depressed, when he discovered a passion that would turn his life around.
"It's something that I felt since my teenage years when it became particularly bad. A psychiatrist once gave me a diagnosis that I wanted everything to be just so. Turning to Aware NI, Gordon who had always enjoyed playing the piano discovered that he could put his passion back to use, something that would help turn his life around.
"Being at the age that I am at now it's wonderful that I can meet people who are going through similar experiences and be able to have a chat about that. "That's something that I am working on now and that's a big help because it gives you a purpose in life again and gives you something you work towards, like a goal of sorts. Music is only important to me when it's going out and helping other people."Falling under the Belfast Live banner, MyDerry is part of our drive to cover news, people and events in your area.
"It is not something my generation would have been particularly open to because it was something that was done many years ago, but that is changing.
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