Personal heroes who have endured Depression

These are some of my personal heroes who have given strength & hope. They give me the feeling that I don't walk alone and that I am understood. And really, isn't that what we crave most in this life? (At the end you have to be a speed reader, my program died.)

The name's in order are, Virginia Woolf, Elie Wiesel, Abraham Lincoln, David Hyrum Smith, John Denver, Job of Old, Rainer Maria Rilke, Florence Nightingale, Mark Kozelek, T.E. Lawrence, Vincent Van Gogh, Greg Hanson, Emily Dickinson, Mark Haskin, Richard Dreyfuss, Sarah McLaclan, Winston Churchill, C.S. Lewis, Andy Gibb, Jeremiah of Old, Annie Lennox, Victor Hugo, Owen Wilson, and my precious friend, Benjamin Thomas.

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[YaYaJuke]

loved your video... two thumbs up!

and hugs from YaYaJuke

[kishkasay]

Thank you YaYaJuke!!!

[kishkasay]

Thank you! Hugs back to you.

[UBeautBoot]

I married someone with depression.I had a beautiful daughter who suffers deaply from that relationship, no matter how much i tried to relate, now matter how much i showed i care, it didnt matter becouse i didnt know how deep the pain & or why the pain, i just tried & tried. I love life, my child makes me look for a positive future. i need a magical word for my ex wife to make her see a future.

[kishkasay]

Can I recommend a book? It's called "Darkness Visible" by William Styrom. If you could get her that book and also a copy for yourself, it is remarkable. I think my family finally understood me...and I finally didn't feel so alone.

[nonbreeder]

This is very dear to me. Sometimes 'identification' is the only thing can can see us through this--to know we are indeed, not the only one in the world who knows this excruciating pain, that at times, seems to leave many of us looking so lifeless.

[AnaKosta]

You should had Federico García Lorca, Philip K. Dick, Nietzsche, Hart Crane, Baudelaire, Verlaine.

[hakaboy6924]

I am a artist and suffer depression I often wonder which caused the other, Thanks for the post

[Krygeryo]

Never had a depression I think. There was a time where I just felt sorry for myself but yeah, no depression.

Good luck to everyone who has it, it'll get better when the hard times are over.

(Also, thank you for the song!)

[Hoogliette]

Brilliant Video - really like your photography too - I'm a photographer as well and have a couple of slide shows too (check them out if you like but won't spam you with the url) - keep up the great work :)

[jerzeytpke]

Nice video but wheres ELVIS PRESLEY?

[RockyBalboa211]

@czardas2008: How does one find purpose and get rid of the resentment?

[Dilip122S]

Thank you so much for posting this, and thank you for the comments, which are just beautiful. Thank you for making me feel less alone

[pzign]

I saw two dear close friends in there... one since passed on... the other, thank God, is still with us.

[kishkasay]

Thank you for what you wrote 3 weeks ago. This was the first time I saw it. I agree with everything you said....well spoken. There is a heavy price to pay to have understanding and gifts that come with illness, but in the end..."you can see further than forever.

Thank you again. :)

[tongolo3]

Thanks a million kishkasay. Only a person who battles chronic depression on a daily basis can understand. Thanks a million for the beautiful video and plz keep them coming!