Same story here...

I suffer from depression since my childhood... I dont know if I ever had a healthy state of mind? :)

@ Rin: You say: ""The usual prescription is some form of meditation. This does not necessarily mean that it will help a mentally ill person as defined by less mentally ill persons to return to a less mentally ill position. It may in fact make it worse as it opens the person to further unknown and uncontrollable influences.""

Yes even I heard of this, that some meditation techniques can worsen depression... but I guess it also depends on what type of meditation one is willing to do

I have recognised, that there is a lot of unsolved conflicts in my subconscious mind.. this is creating a lot of fear, irrational thoughts, depression and so on and on... so unless this is being solved I dont think meditation will help either..

but I hope that there is some kind of technique for people with traumatic experiences in the childhood.

Thank you