Somehow I knew you would take the bait and run with it. :-) I completely agree, but I am not generally so brave at expressing my most personal thoughts (yeah, we covered that too already!).

Also, I confess to being a bit of a hypocrite. I’m the first to encourage others to seek help, but haven’t done a thing for myself and I’m comfortable with it. However, my mother was depressed her entire life (along with, I suspect, her mother), and I always wished she’d have gotten help — for us kids, if not herself. In some fairness to my perspective, she was not a highly functional depressive as I am, her highs were rare, and it all led her down the path of alcoholism, obesity, and other issues too numerous to mention. And, we never talked about it. Complicated.

I appreciate your perspective, and you always give me something more to think about. Thank you again, and so wonderful that you’re here!