Depression, where the hell did this come from

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So I m tooling along, thinking, yea, I m doing ok. Not really happy, but

what the hell, is a KO ever happy. I m coping with nada s death, I m

writing my book about the life with her, .......

And in a 10 min conversation with my T, she says Holy Crap, you are very

depressed. After a few weeks of arguing, I agreed to take the Beck

Depression Inventory.

Holy Crap, I m profoundly depressed!

How the heck did that happen.

Care for yourselves. This shit can sneak up on us.

My T made a profound statement to me, as she was gently convincing me I

need to get back on anti depressants. ( She is wonderful, btw, not sure

how she tolerates my crap.)

" I think what you have learned is how to manage unhappiness and loss.

But you have never really learned to have and manage good

relationships. You have decided this is as good as it gets, and settled

for not being profoundly unhappy, just mostly unhappy. Is that the

bargain you really want to make? "

See why I love her! But wow, how profound, and maybe that is what each

of us KO s really do: Learn to manage unhappiness and loss.

What do you think, my brothers and sisters living in the FOG?

Doug