"I have been a service user for 5 years I think and knew about the Women's Centre for at least 2 years previous to this.  I was so nervous about coming here for the first time but I have made so many friends here, some of which I class as family now.  The courses I have been on - academic and non-academic - have made me feel that even I can achieve something and although I may not be ready yet to return to work I am doing something to help myself feel useful and aid my recovery from depression.  I now have qualifications that I can use towards a degree in Swansea Uni and I feel more confident in using computers.  Not all the courses are my cup of tea but then again, the courses I do some other people don't like.  I find all the staff from DACE, Learn Direct and the Women's Centre very approachable and know they would help me if they could and they keep confidences.  I am sure that if I hadn't found the Women's Centre when I did I would have had a nervous breakdown and would be so isolated.  I did not know that there were women just like me suffering alone with no-one to talk to.  I just hope it doesn't close because I wouldn't like another woman to miss out on the friendship and support I have found.  Also I am beginning to feel like part of society again as the fear of mixing, which paralyzed me, is not so bad now."