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My condolences to all here who have lost a friend or loved one to depression. It is worse than other deaths because it is so hard to understand.
What we expect out of life is up to us, but it’s hard to give up what we want. Most of the world would be happy with a full belly and no threat of dying in the night, but it seems the more you have, the more you expect. I am not depressed, but I’m often angry about my lot in life. I have developed arthritis and I’m in pain all the time. I can’t do what I expected to do in my retirement because of it and it pisses me the hell off. But I have a gorgeous loving wife, a great son and grandchildren, I'm healthy otherwise, and I have plenty of material wealth – I’m living among the top few percent of people in the world no matter how you measure it. And I still get pissed off.
So I can see how people who go in the direction of depression instead of anger can get as wrong-headed as I do about their lot in life.
Those with brain chemistry imbalances are in a different category. My old accountant was very depressed. He once told me, “If they gave me a pill that would instantly make everything right I would look at it and think, ‘why bother.’”
Hard to explain, or understand.
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