More Finely Tuned Depression Detection Machine

This year - and I suspect not coincidentally following founding Depressed Academics with Mikael - I have been pretty happy. 

I can't see this corresponds with an increase in smarts or concentration or ability to get things done.  But it does seem to correlate with an increased level of confidence.  Things I would normally be scared to try seem easier to try at least, and if they don't work out, so what?

One of those things is the most ambitious project of my academic career.   It is - I'm not joking about this - meant to be what I'm remembered for and to change the field (of Computer Science).   Not quite ready to tell you what it is yet, sorry!

But suddenly I find myself thinking "I can't do this, I'm not the right person, it doesn't matter anyway", and thinking how convenient and simple life will be if I just don't bother. 

I don't really believe that, but even though I'm still pretty happy, it does seem to indicate my brain is becoming a more finely tuned machine to detect depression.   Not even knowing I had depression till it was diagnosed a few years ago, and now I can detect it just like that!

Some resources ...

An old friend just contacted me with some links, and I want to share them.  They are more or less UK centric but they may well have links of international interest.   The first is a UK charity specifically targetting people in post-16 education who may be having problems.

• Recourse,  a UK charity, which describes itself as "The only charity providing practical and emotional support to staff in FE & HE. Free, confidential Support Line: 0808 802 02 03." Obviously that's a UK number, but there are resources on the web site which may be useful for other locations. 
• Recourse are on twitter as @RecourseCharity

The following links are not specifically academic and even more geographically limited (Scotland) but if people are looking for help they might be useful.

• http://www.breathingspacescotland.co.uk
• http://www.smhfa.com
• http://www.scottishrecovery.net

Thanks very much for these links.  Of course putting these links here is no endorsement of these sites and organisations.