This week's topic for creative expression is "The hidden self."  I have often wondered what is meant when people say that they need to find themselves.  Are we excavating what is already there or are building a new self? 

I do think when you suffer from depression that the core of yourself tends become obscured by the sadness.  When I am depressed it feels to me...like I am covered up by mounds of garbage...negative messages and feelings of hopelessness.  I am not my depression but...