" I had temporarily lost my way and then found it again, but I failed to understand that coming off the pre-ordained track of my life might have been what I really needed. I have learned that sometimes those moments of chaos, when life careers off the rails, hold important messages about things we need to change in our existence – and the rigid expectations that we, and others, have of us that we need to challenge – before it is too late. If we address these, we can start to move forward once more, towards achieving our own goals. If we choose the goals ourselves, we have a better chance of success. "

― , The Other Side of Silence: A Psychiatrist's Memoir of Depression