Living with depression is not easy. It can make you moody and sometimes impossible to live with. It's hard enough for the person with this illness, but just as hard on family members who have no idea how to deal with it.

For some, depression can have devastating consequences.

Over 300 million people in the world have been diagnosed with this illness, yet there are still those out there who have no knowledge or understanding of it and how debilitating it can be.

I have struggled for years with the effects of depression, bullying and emotional abuse. There are others like me who have been through something similar and we are only now coming out the other side.

This book is not just my own journey. It seeks to explain what depression is while dispelling the myths around it and what causes it through research and personal analysis.

I also include some coping strategies - some I have experienced personally and others through extensive research.

Above all, I believe there is a way to heal.