Majella O’Donnell on her treatment for depression and recent ADHD diagnosis

Majella O’Donnell is not afraid to speak out about her health challenges.  After sharing her breast cancer journey in 2013, she is now opening up about her in-hospital treatment for depression, reflecting on a recent ADHD diagnosis and offering mental health advice to her Instagram followers

Majella O'Donnell: It doesn’t bother me that people know that I suffer from depression, because I also [have] great mental health too

Majella O'Donnell is a self-described “open book”. Her experience with mental health issues has been well documented, in large part due to her willingness to speak about it.

Her first recollection of feeling “depressed”, although she didn’t know that is what it was at the time, was when she was 19 and her boyfriend of a couple of years had broken up with her.