About Lori Deschene
Lori Deschene is the founder of Tiny Buddha. She started the site after struggling with depression, bulimia, c-PTSD, and toxic shame so she could recycle her former pain into something useful and inspire others to do the same. You can find her books, including Tiny Buddha’s Gratitude Journal and Tiny Buddha’s Worry Journal, here and learn more about her eCourse, Recreate Your Life Story, if you’re ready to transform your life and become the person you want to be.
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Though I run this site, it is not mine. It's ours. It's not about me. It's about us. Your stories and your wisdom are just as meaningful as mine. 
I found this easy, or thought I found this easy, then one day I found myself hit sideways by stress and depression. My self confidence seemed to disappear almost overnight. I would walk on the streets and couldn’t look at people – especially if they were occupied in doing something work related. If I saw a person “achieving something” even as mundane (but how much I now saw it wasn’t mundane) as pushing a baby in a pram (stroller) their very “achievement” pierced through my lack of self worth. I am grateful to that time – it showed me what “defining myself for what I am not” felt like because it was so intense I couldn’t not see it. Now it is much less intense, but I can still see it, thanks to the time of stress and depression I experienced. Even the black cloud of stress and depression has a silver lining! 🙂