Living with depression
At some point, I plan to write a column for our Op-Ed pages about what it's like to deal with depression. I've had this in my mind for months. It's something that I was diagnosed with several years ago, and something I've struggled with especially this year, as I've switched to a new health-care provider.
Unfortunately, the times when I'm most in touch with the down side of dealing with the mental illness, I'm not really in the best place to write about it, if you know what I mean. And by the time I am better able to write, the keenness of my dark memories has worn off a little, much as the labor pains from when my daughter was born have faded with time.
But here's where maybe I can take help from others. If you or others you know have experienced the effects of depression in your life, I'd love to hear your stories, whether it's on the record or just for my own background of knowledge.
As a commercial for a depression medication says, "Where does depression hurt?" Everywhere. And it affects everyone who knows anyone that lives with it.