My name is Marina, I am 26 years old, female, and I'd like to exchange emails with sufferers of depression and anxiety. I was born in the Ukraine, but have lived in the U.S. since I was 10 months old. I can understand conversational Russian.

I had been a sufferer of major depression (it runs in my family) since childhood and I had hit my lowest point in college. After years of therapy, medications, a LOT of "self help" style reading, earning a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology & Philosophy, and talking about my experiences with others, I've been depression-free for about 4 years now. However, I still struggle with general anxiety.

I'd like to offer my experience and listening ear to people feeling depressed, suicidal. It might be useful to know, years ago I was a volunteer on a suicide hotline (after being trained accordingly).

My email is: penzen_78@hotmail.com