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From the book:There are currently over 120 million people around the world who suffer from depression, and over 340 million who have suffered depression at some point in their lives.Depression can strike anyone. It doesn’t differentiate between social groups, age levels or cultural backgrounds. 1 in 4 women and 1 in 7 men will experience this debilitating illness in their lifetime.Depression can be characterised as an extended period of sadness that fails to return at all to happiness, excitement or joy. Clinical depression is an emotional disturbance best understood by observing its effects.It is a potentially fatal disorder and the death toll from depression is frightening – around the world, more people commit suicide than die in road accidents each year.Having suffered from it myself for over 8 years during my teens and early twenties, and then 4 months this year, I KNOW just how terrible this condition can be.It leaves you completely disempowered, saps your energy, and the constant psychological torment you are under can often feel worse than any physical pain you could ever experience.My father has also suffered from depression, for more than a decade, popping antidepressants like they were Tic-Tacs.What he and I have gone through has of course been the catalyst for writing this – I wish I could talk to every single person suffering from Depression, and tell them “Hey, it’s ok – I’ve got the solution!”I realized recently that I have been on a 12-year quest, an enquiry if you will – ever since I was 13 – about “Happiness”.I kept asking myself, what is “Happiness”, and what distinguishes people who HAVE it from those who DON’T?This enquiry has led me into the fields of Personal Development and psychology, and having read some 70 relevant books and attended numerous seminars, in July 2003 I came across an extraordinary remedy to Depression, which I am privileged to now share with you.Depression can have many causes, and has many symptoms. We will not dwell on these at all.Our aim here is to lay out the steps necessary to get out of a state of depression or overwhelm, quickly and permanently, in 15 easy steps, so that you can get on with your life.Let’s begin.