For people who have never experienced depression, it’s something that is difficult to understand. There is a darkness that envelops a person so strongly that hope is an impossible thought. It creates a blindness to possibilities The self-loathing for being this way leads, at times, to suicidal thoughts. I didn’t want to die. I just wanted the emotional pain to stop. At least this was true for me. I couldn’t stand being around myself so how could others, I wondered. Luckily, I