Tips For Finding the Path To Happiness

There is hope to end your sadness and depression

If you suffer from chronic sadness, unhappiness, or depression (CUSD) you are not alone, and there is hope. There are many natural treatments for the symptoms of these various levels of depression. This short piece is written for a suffering person, as well as for physicians and mental health professionals who sincerely want to help their patients and clients to truly heal from depression in ways that transcend simply prescribing, or taking anti-depressant medication.

I have personally experienced a deep, seemingly never-ending depression — fatigue daily sadness, misery, and hopelessness.

In the winter of 1984/’85, I experienced no pleasure and doubted that I ever would again. My depression was precipitated by a crisis in my business and by a betrayal by someone I cared for deeply. This, combined with a pre-disposition towards hypoglycemia and a history of extreme attention deficit, kept me rolled up in bed much of the time. Though I was able to take care of my fundamental needs, I did so as if trapped in a dark tunnel. This short piece is not specifically born out of that experience. Yet the opportunity to write this, brought forward in my mind my experience with depression — an experience I had almost forgotten about.

I have learned that CUSD symptoms are not a selective. This awful disease can affect an individual of any race, religion, nation, economic class, and political persuasion…