Happiness...that elusive state of mind...I had that slippery fish in my grasp for nearly a year (Sept 2012 through Aug 2013), and before that experienced it intermittently from birth through 2006...just thinking about the happier times does contribute to the undercurrent of depression that I feel at the moment. I think that this is so because the "happiness" state of mind is "right there", kind of like a word on the tip of my tongue, or a sneeze that you know is going to happen any time soon but it just doesn't...

I do wish that all of us on the depression forums (and others that casually stop in) would be able to one day write a depression success story. I know that I once wrote one in the past - I hold on to the hope that the time to write that story will arrive again one day..