Something Else is Possible

I read somewhere a while ago that by 2020 depression will be the second largest cause of suffering, next to heart disease. I don’t know if it’s true, but it’s a comment on how much depression is around and how many people feel or find they can’t go beyond it. There is a prevailing cultural view particularly in the West, I think, that if depression is physiologically or chemically caused that there’s no way to change it, it’s just not possible—except possibly through medication.

I’m excited about what I’m discovering (see previous entries on depression) because it proves that it’s possible to not be taken down by depression. It’s not easy and people may need to take time to learn how to do it, but it’s possible.