I've recently recovered from major depression after living with it since boyhood. After going through a long period of having no lasting improvement with medications and therapy of different kinds, I realized that I had to turn around my inner beliefs about who I was and how I could get past depression. After that I gradually found my way through this illness and can finally say I've put the worst behind me. An important strategy I've used to deal with depression is to write about it on my blog, Storied Mind. Of course, the story never really ends, and I am constantly looking for new ideas on how to sustain and enhance the wellness and the balanced life I've found.