This is it, my short series on depression is over. I am going to take on this subject again sometime in the future, but for now I’m glad I can move to different topics. Writing this series was an interesting time, because it made me think and realize things that are important to me. For […]

Part 6 – The Depression Series If you want to change your life, you have to start with your thoughts. Thinking an orange is blue, most likely won’t just turn it blue. However, thinking that happiness is possible can motivate you to make drastic change you wouldn’t even consider while thinking that happiness is a […]

Part 5 – The Depression Series “The obsession with suicide is characteristic of the man who can neither live nor die, and whose attention never swerves from this double impossibility.” Emil Cioran, Romanian philosopher and essayist First, a little personal story. Exactly as Cioran put it so well in words, years ago, I saw no […]

Part 4 – The Depression Series How do you know when someone is ready to overcome depression? They look for a way out – help, support, information, etc. No one can be coerced into getting better. Making choices that can improve your life, changing your thoughts and consequently your feelings, finding motivation and hope, they […]

Part 3 – The Depression Series Before starting the process of eliminating depression, you should own your decision to do so. You should feel with your whole being the desire to lift up your spirit and feel better. It’s not easy, I know, and this desire will probably come from getting too fed up with […]

Part 2 – The Depression Series My personal belief is that anyone who chooses or accidentally happens to look through the cracks of the common inertia that is usually called every-day life will experience some degree of depression. Consciously or not, depression is rooted in disappointment. We grow up being explained how life is, how things […]

Part 1 – The Depression Series A hypersensitive child, I was very uncomfortable with feeling overwhelmed by my own emotions. I saw surface and depth at the same time, understood dynamics and conflicts in people and their relations, and I absorbed the environment undiscerningly. As an adult, I came to see this as a natural part […]

I’m going to tell you the short story of my own experience with depression, what worked for me, what didn’t, and what I have learned about it. Over the course of the following weeks, I’ll share memories, thoughts, feelings, and personal conclusions on this topic. My approach will not be scientific, although I do have […]