A Part of Me - Very personal Layout

I struggle on a daily basis with this... sometimes it is hard for me to confront it and admit that I have this problem. Well, disease you could call it. I suffer from depression. There, I said it. I forced myself to do this layout to help myself, and let others know... future generations that I did have this, and I got to the point where I chose to not let it get me down . I was at the point once in my life where I came extremely close to taking my own life because of this disease. I did not want to go on. I also went through a time where the physical pain was easier to deal with than the mental pain.

I have been misdiagnosed with other mental illnesses besides the depression, and once was put on additional drugs that made me less of a person. They also had the potential to reek havock on my body. I gave them up. Not just them, but the medication that I really needed. Eventually everything came to a head and I woke up and realized that I could no longer put myself and those I love through what I had been putting them through. I went to my doctor and told him I knew I was sick and needed the help That is not always the easiest thing to do. But I made a lot of people relieved, including myself.

I am happy now that I did this layout... scrapbooking is a therapy too. It is fun, and then again, sometimes it is ok to not scrap about the good. I have so many "happy" layouts.... sometimes I have to do one for me that may not be so "happy". I hope you can understand that.

Thanks!

TTFN