I struggled with a chemical imbalance that diagnosed me with depression that manifested as an impending doom cloud each day I opened my eyes for over three decades. That type of imbalance trailed throughout many of the psycho-somatic ailments that Doctors believed were my lot in life, but they weren’t. Nobody could offer the anecdote and everyone told me it was a matter of positive thinking. I traveled across state lines and into other countries for relief from mental anguish to no avail until I got to know the parts within my internal system. When I realized I could sit still with my emotions and hear their stories, I began to unburden the roles my parts played out to protect me from suffering and I was able to trust myself with the ability to heal internally.