"Coming Back", chronicles my journey during which I escaped from a dark and painful place in which I was a prisoner of depression and suicidal tendencies. Having reached the precipice of giving up, something, through the intervention of people and unexplained incidents, held me from tipping over. During that journey, the bully depression proved to be, its overwhelming force and lure to seek refuge in the arms of death, took hold of me. To break free, took strength to first accept that I had a problem which needed help and that taking my life should not be an option. It took strength to find strength to break its stranglehold. In doing so, I became fortified with a renewed purpose for living allowing me to fend off the beast depression could be. In the end, I was able to reject its calling and thankfully, now in a better position than before to be able to share my story with the hope that it could be found useful by those who suffer, especially those who do so in silence. I am also hoping it could empower others to speak about it in an effort to help remove stigmatization.
