Short Words from the Author
Before you start reading this book, I will need you to keep in mind that this is book made to show you what it’s like to suffer from depression.
Depression is cruel. There are many reasons why people get depressed, some are due to break ups, bankruptcy, and death of a love one, etc. Different reasons but has the same ending. Personally, I had a friend who suffered from depression, I wouldn’t have known if she didn’t told me. It was the worst feeling to know that your love one suffered from depression. You would just lay there hoping that you could bring back the past to help her.
She hid it to herself, nobody knew she had it, until now. I am the only person who knew she had depression. I was devastated, how could a beautiful, fun and smart person like her suffer from such illness. This book is dedicated to the strong and beautiful, the people who survived and is fighting depression. It’s also for the people who would like to know what it’s like to have depression.
This is for my friend who suffered for 3 years at such a young age. Be kind to people and don’t judge to quickly you never know their story and what they are going through.
The World Health Organization refers to a concerning increase of the number of people suffer from depression worldwide. In terms of death, disability and social dysfunctions, depression is ranked fourth among serious diseases worldwide. It is provided that in the year 2020 depression will be in the first position in Westerns societies. This disease can occur at any age.
Depression is a disease which more often than any other can lead somebody to suicide. News of Robin Williams’ suicide whipped around the world and his death made us realize that depression doesn’t discriminate. “Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem”, he insisted.
People feel scared and wonder about depression and its consequences to human being. The inner demons of this talented artist that ultimately did him in change him into a man that his friends couldn’t recognize.
-Why people suffer from depression?
-What is depression and how can we deal with it?
-How can we help people with the frozen smile who insist on being fine?
-How can we challenge on negative thoughts that characterize people suffering from depression?
-Why do rich and famous who seem to have it all still suffer from depression?
-How can we reveal the dark truth of this devastating disease that affects million people?
This book may help you work out all these negative feelings or the questions you have about depression. Being informed about depression and taking care of yourself may help you or your friends meet the truth, the dark truth and get out of it.