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Missy Marie Schultz Sep 24, 2015

I press the LIKE button on your comment! I know it takes years, and for some a life time to recover from abuse through childhood. Your response has much wisdom!

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papa bear Nov 11, 2015

I agree. Clinical depression cannot be treated by simply focusing on gratitude and on the small amount of pleasant things in life. People who have suffered severe losses or traumatic events have difficulty even seeing or feeling anything positive. Winston Churchill referred to his own clinical depression as "the 'Black Dog' who slinks around the corners of my life". Those of us who have battled clinical depression know the truth of his statement.