I have! I was depressed for nearly a decade over a one sided crush that I experienced when I had just moved to a foreign country for my studies. I had no family and friends around, and I just allowed myself to fall into the dark hole of depression. TO make matters worse, i used to cry and cry, until there were no tears left in my body, and my heart turned to stone. I lost interest in everything, my career, my family, my friends. I lost a good 10 years of my life, before being fed up with my never ending misery, I suddenly took a decision to go back home and be with my family.

At the time my parents lived in the mountains in India. So I went there and spent my time walking around the hills and valleys. nature helped me restore my balance to a certain extent then. My family was quietly supportive. I did have a lot of angst still and resentment over the way I had failed in life. Yet I took up a job and did my best to achieve a measure of conventional success. But inside, I still felt hollow, and highly irritable. To top it all, I hated the work I was doing. So I quit all this some years back.

I began my spiritual journey. I took to meditation and this is what helped me totally to come out of my depression, negativity and health problems that had emerged due to my stress and depression.

Today I am happy and enjoying life and have learned to live an aware life. I am still in the process of reinventing myself.