It's nice to hear from you. I'm sorry about your father, that had to be extremely tough. I know you feel about the depression. I recently started taking an AD myself. My sitch got the best of me for a while. I suffered for a while (denial) with lack of sleep and anxiety.
You coming here and fighting for your M and helping others says a ton about who you really are. Be proud of that!!
It's hard to block the negativity that creeps in but I've found if I catch myself in the act and start to replace it with something positive it works. Seems a bit strange to do at first, but do it enough, just like Dbing it will become a habit that you won't even think about doing.
It's great to hear that your self esteem is better. You sound like a very caring person who is (like we all here are) learning about yourself and becoming a better.
Life is nothing but choices - who we act and react, how we treat others and ourselves, who we are, who we to be, how we view ourselves and others, the list is endless. Don't take this the wrong way. I know you have had it tough and I'm not trying to minimze that in any way. Life may never be the party that we hoped for but we can still choose to keep dancing.
Take care of you. Treat yourself to something special and feel good about it. You deserve it.