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I had low self-esteem.

The panic of the Depression loosened my inhibitions against being different. I could be myself.

I thought depression was the part of my character that made me worthwhile. I thought so little of myself, felt that I had such scant offerings to give to the world, that the one thing that justified my existence at all was my agony.

I've suffered from low self-esteem.

I grew up in the heart of the Depression.

I had a lot of depression as a kid.

The truth is that several years ago, I suffered from depression. And I remember during this time, I basically fell into this hole where my life became cold, and it became gray, and I lost sight of everything that was important to me.

I kinda went through a semi-depression. Honestly. Like, I lost myself.

We all relate to having highs and lows. Everyone gets depressed.

My own life was filled with so much love and joy that when depression struck, it was like a prison door slamming shut and I was being placed in an isolation cell. No one else could possibly be feeling what I was. I hated my depression and all of its symptoms.