Does anybody have any inspirational stories about a person with depression?
I was diagnosed with mild depression when I was a teenager and went to therapy for a couple of years. Since then, I have been able to manage it OK, though not perfectly, but I have had a very nice life since then. Although the depression has hindered me in ways, and in some career choices, and even in some relationships, I have worked very hard to recognize and try to stop my mood swings, and self-defeating behavior. When I am able to recognize it, I am able to stop it usually. This has also come with help from close friends and family that I trust who help me recognize destructive patterns that I can easily fall into, so I have not done it alone. So, if by inspirational, you mean, able to lead a moderately productive, happy life, then I am an example of that. And if you have a loving husband and two wonderful children, it seems like you have done OK too! I have been able to live and travel all over the world, I have had several jobs that I have loved and a couple that I have hated. I
