Thanks Repunzel - this is a good website! I think i'm finally starting to vaguely understand what depression is, slightly. It isn't all about taking medication but it's learning ways to cope and to value life even when you feel completely pants - looking at things differently and accepting thing when you feel down. Learning to try and focus on the positives rather than the negatives even though you feel them - if that makes sense! I thought that the books given to me to read were not much use but maybe they are, it may help me understand and start to live with all these feelings. I think!? Thanks for the information!!
lots of love Abby.