Until about 10 years' ago, I was a high-flying business-woman with an apparently 'perfect' life and a successful career. But while everything looked A-OK to the outside world, internally I'd been fighting an ongoing battle with anxiety and depression for decades.
I threw myself into work to compensate for all the inner turmoil that was permanently roiling under the surface, and as long as I had a deadline to meet, or a challenging project to complete, I was too busy to think about anything else and life was OK.
Except, it wasn't really. I was still getting debilitating depre more...