CW: Mental Health Issues . I suffer from Depression. I would define myself as a functioning depressive as it hasn’t impacted my life to the point where I have needed to take time off. I have suffered with it for most of my life but it kinda grabbed me by the neck about 4 years ago. I was having a hard time and I finally admitted to myself that my business had become a really an expensive hobby. Suicidal thoughts were creeping in but the thought of  hurting the little people in my life  ...