Depression cripples us and makes everything difficult in our lives.  (This is a somewhat longer blog entry than normal, and it may take you four or five minutes to read.  If you would rather watch it, click on the video for the same content.  Dr. Doug Anderson, the Clinical Director at Sioux Falls Psychological Services presents the material in the video clip on the next page.)

On a recent trip to China I observed the air quality on several different days while staying in Beijing.  On one day the air was full of pollutants, I couldn’t see more than several blocks, and after that everything simply faded into the gray smog.