I had a long discussion with my pdoc about this…“do I matter?” When I get depressed I look at that question through a filter of despair and I generally feel like I don’t matter—like I could disappear and it just would not matter. I could die and I would not even have left a footprint on society.

So, I have been coming out of my depression and as I look at the question now, I realize I do matter. Of course to my family, but to many others as well. PscyCentral came to the front of my mind as a place where “I matter.” Not only do I matter as a person, everything I do here matters and generally helps either myself or others. I can’t think of another place or organization where I feel this connected and involved with other people. It feels good to matter and I hope everybody else here knows how much you matter to me.