It is a lot of responsibility to say that Clara Hughes has "conquered" depression. What if it was just for that day ? My sister June told me that Schetzoid's are not mentally ill when they are exercising, playing a musical instrument or talking? Why is that? Because they are using a different part of the brain which closes the window where the thoughts or voices are out of control...but...only while that person is exercising or singing. So what happens if they stop? The depression never goes away. It takes guts to admit that one has a problem. It would take even more guts to traverse unchartered waters...a second time blindly when one has no memory or false memories about an event. It is even worse when reporters add their own comments like Lynne Harper was raped without giving these false reports a second thought (which is most confusingly entered by me on the Sheila Steele site, Woods where Lynne Harper's body was found). Amnesia is tricky for the mentally ill. How does one find the way back to a healthy mind? The answer might be an extreme cost. Clara took just a baby step to the whole problem which would involve honesty. It would involve looking at oneself in a mirror through the eyes of others not who might not have the best intentions. And, I say to myself, "Clara please don't commit suicide."
"This too will pass."

Thirty nine years old and still great.....thanks for the mental health campaign Clara!