Getting a book that tells you all about depression and anxiety is the way to really understand the nature of the condition as well as how to treat it. Anxiety and Depression 101 is that book.
Depression is an illness that many people often sweep under a rug. However if depression is left untreated, your life can become a living nightmare. Depression is a growing epidemic in the US, but it never gets the urgent attention it deserves. You need help and you need it now.
There are many things you can do to improve the quality of your life. And you may already know, somewhere deep down in your heart, what some of those things are. But sometimes it takes hearing that wisdom from another person to become truly motivated to make the changes you know you must in order to become a better person.