Well, Peg, we each have our own experiences, and we only know about ourselves. I don't think we're disagreeing at all, and I hope there are no hard feelings. I did not intend to imply that I know more about depression than you do, and I made every attempt to use I-messages in order to make clear that I am talking about myself. I, for one, am NOT the "wisest elder ever."

And I quite agree about not defining ourselves by our diagnoses. I have depression. It doesn't have me.

But I do mildly disagree about a depression being merely psychological. Not when there is brain chemistry involved. I think there is much about depression that is physical. This is not to say that it cannot be helped, and I really don't want to get into a debate about it.