A bit of background
The date on the first post was April 29...however it was only written today; April 29 was the day I first came up with the idea for this blog, after a post on another site detailed a husband's struggle with dealing with his wife's depression and mental illness. In reading the comments, it was clear to me that there are many people out there struggling, both those who have the illness and those close to them who must fight for treatments and care.Mental illness has touched me closely, on all sides of my family. Myself, I still struggle at times -- mine seems to be more of a situational depression, exacerbated by life events, and I've had a lot of those to deal with lately. I'm still evaluating a course of action, whether it involves drug therapy or just simply talking things out with a neutral party. But because of family history, I'm still interested in the topic and what's going on in the field...both here in the United States and in other parts of the world. By putting this information out there, maybe it'll help someone else.
Okay, that's it for now...
posted by Cali Scribe @ 8:30 AM
1 Comments:
Cali, this is a great idea.
A word or two about "situational" depression. When you are not depressed your circumstances may be difficult but they don't rule your life.
When you treat your depression you just cannot believe how much clearer your vision is and how you are able to see solutions where you only saw problems before.
I've read your comments for the past year and everything inside of me was screaming "DEPRESSION" but not knowing you I felt it wasn't my place to say anything.
The big flags are no energy, headache, short temper, retreating to bed etc.
I wish I could convince you to try medication and talk therapy together. Don't put it off. Don't try to justify inertia by saying it's situational.
You need clarity and strength right now and your brain is lacking some vital combination of chemicals that it needs to give you either of those things.
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