Welcome to the Depression Warrior website!
I am currently rewriting this page. Please excuse the temporary content, and come back soon to see a more recovery-focused site!
I’m glad you made it! My name is Laura Ryding, and I’m here to provide you with information about Surviving Depression.
This site started in 2017 as a place where I shared my experiences with treatment-resistant major depressive disorder (MDD) and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) over the previous 35+ years. I was also diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) around the year 2000, different types of therapy, a lot of hard work, and some behavior change, I no longer meet the criteria for that diagnosis 🙂
Naturally, I wrote about depression and its many facets: Medication management, anxiety, substance abuse, relationships, and, occasionally, suicide. I was relatively steady with posts from 2017 through 2020, and then they slowed way down until they stopped altogether in 2023.
After more than 35 years of serious suffering and hanging on for dear life, I finally started getting better. It is now 2023 and my depression has been in remission for the last three years.
I am living proof that it is possible to beat depression.
Trust me, I never thought it was possible. From the age of 14 on, I was afraid I would die alone and depressed – probably by my own hand. I developed a disturbing image of my dead self in a dark basement apartment somewhere that no one would notice until the smell got so bad they had to call the police to do a wellness check on me.
Thank you for stopping by!
