The elephant in the drawing room

[sacred_chao]

In my last post I wrote of hormonal imbalance and the difficulties that I'm facing with it. I spent the past couple of days with a friend who, with surpassing delicacy and tact, got me to confront the idea that I'm actually suffering from depression. This is not something that I really wanted to admit to myself but it all makes an unpleasant sort

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[montjoye]

um, many of the the people you know are engaged in their own ongoing battle with depression, aka "the black dog", myself included. It's not fun but it's really pretty common. Do take care of yourself, but don't work it up to be something bigger than it actually is.

My life fell apart from this many years ago. But I put it back together with help from chemicals, counseling and family. One can develop coping mechanisms to avoid the death spiral. I'm not fully well, but I'm mostly functional now.

[hometime]

Ooh, I should explain that I'm not trying to minimise depression, I'm just trying to point out that it doesn't mean that your whole life will fall apart. And that sometimes having a label for what you are feeling can help.

Long time between posts

[paypabakwriter]

Instead of burdening you with my worries over such a long silence, I'm just going to wish you happy holidays and hope all is well! *hugs!*