Dear Coleen I’m writing because I’m struggling deeply with depression and a sense of lost direction. Ever since I was a child, I dreamed of becoming an actor. I used to imagine myself on stage or screen, telling stories and becoming someone else for a while – it brought me hope and purpose. But when I was 10, my dad died of bowel cancer. His death was traumatic in itself, but what’s been harder to process over the years is the emotional scars left behind. He was severely abusive to my mum, and