In a video posted on Twitter on Thursday for World Mental Health Day he said he realised last year that he was depressed.
"One of my children who has been very public about it understands these things, and had taught me that there's no stigma to this, it's just life. I went and got help," he said.
"It's not always easy but it made a huge difference."
I wanted to share something about my experience with depression – and my hope that we continue to break down the stigma around mental health. #WorldMentalHealthDay pic.twitter.com/9h3Vzq0Sm0
— Archbishop of Canterbury (@JustinWelby) October 10, 2019
He encouraged people who feel like they're "walking in darkness" to not walk alone.
"We need people to know that their friends will go on loving them, that's it's not a disgrace to suffer from mental ill health".
Archbishop Justin referred to Psalm 88,which he described as a psalm of someone who was "really severely depressed".
"It's tough, but they're still looking outwards," he said.
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