I spent a large amount of time, following the near dissolution of my marriage, self-loathing about every decision that I made in my life. That, compounded with the stress of running a business that I really don't enjoy, plus some residual effects of a miscarriage that my wife suffered...the unresolved grief about the death of my father when he was, what I felt, way too young (just 60)...and on and on and on...I suppose, though, if I had to put it down to a couple of a factors, it would be leaving a career that I enjoyed to follow my wife into a business for purely financial reasons (had to pay off nearly 6 figures of student loans somehow, and civil service just wasn't going to cut it)...

But the more relevant question is how did I resolve it - though I'm not totally out of the woods yet, the depression has subsided to a large degree. After multiple trials of medication and one seven day hospitalization, I concluded that what I am doing in my life and with my life is all that I have. I revitalized my Faith, resolved to save my marriage, exercise more, drink less, and put to work all of the cognitive behavioral strategies that I can, daily.

I wish all of you well with your struggle against this horrific demon known as depression.