I’ll take you through the stages of depression and enlightens
the effect each stage has on us, anger, fear, denial,
resentment, and more. I had to discover who I really am
deep in my soul. This book reminds me that I’ve gone through
the tunnel of depression and came out enlightened to who I
am today: a person living with depression, not a depressed
person. I’ll give you the knowledge to separate the two by
not letting the depression defi ne who we are. I’ll give you
knowledge to help keep you walking straight on that narrow
edge of darkness. Once depression consumed me, I had
no identity, no hope, no dreams. Today, with the support of
the right type of medications and the help I receive from
my doctors, I can separate who I am from the hopelessness
of depression.
When one says the word “depression”, we automatically
receive a variety of responses. Some people say
the depressed person is just trying to get out of their
responsibilities. Others say, “If that person wanted to,
they could snap out of their moodiness and get on with life.”
Those who can’t believe depression is a legitimate disease
are apt to label us as hypochondriacs.
There is no magic potion that can free us from the deeply
embedded, strangling roots of depression. But the incredible
truth about today’s scientifi c advances is the medication that
lightens this darkness and gives us hope. Fear is the most
powerful hold depression has over us. Knowledge about
what depression is and does goes a long way in helping us
let go of these buried fears.