How I Overcame Depression

From earliest memories as a very young child I struggled with bouts of depression. Looking at pictures of me as young as three years old, I see a shy, melancholy, little girl looking back at me.
In my early teens my depression became more pronounced and frequent. Struggling with obsessive negative thoughts, only made it more intense. I started reading self-help books in a desperate search to find inner peace and ways to overcome my feelings of sadness, q