Everyone acknowledges depression differently. Many perceive it as a disorder stemming from a chemical imbalance in the brain. Others ignore the science completely and see it as a state of lingering despair often brought on by life changing events. For Daniel Bowker, a former resident of Hamilton now living in his native UK, two circumstances in particular began to have an effect on his mental health.
Dan, a former Mohawk College student who studied early childhood education, later worked as an educational assistant at Sir William Osler in Dundas. He began noticing changes in his…