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I suffered from severe depression for over a decade. My condition deteriorated steadily. I was suicidal.

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Byron Katie
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: December 6
Author
Writer
Breckenridge
Texas
Byron Kathleen Mitchell
Condition
Deteriorated
Decades
Katie
Conditions
Steadily
Suicidal
Decade
Suffered
Severe
Depression

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