Sitting alone in the darkness, not a shadow, not a slight shade of any colour, nothing to give a spark of light or a spark of hope! Enveloped in an unexplainable feeling of doom, dread, fear and worthlessness, coupled with the darkness is like your worst nightmare ..... but the trouble is, you are wide awake!. Why How can this happen? Easy enough ... the name is Depression! But why are we so hard on ourselves? If we had such as bronchitis we would see our G.P., take the prescribed medication, inhalers, steroids, antibiotics etc. etc., rest and feel genuinely sorry for ourselves until our bodies started to heal. Why then do we beat ourselves up because our mind is ill? Because having an ill mind is a taboo subject! Instilled from days gone by – illness of the mind – to be hidden away in case you are committed to the asylum. Easy to understand self-help methods to change your perspective of