Depression has robbed me of the ability to even begin to have a meaningful relationship. Who wants someone who is so depressed anyway.

I am 62, and to date, I have never had a close friend. The years that I should have been working at that are far gone. Those years were filled with attempting to help my son who became violent at age of 9; hasn't lived at home since age 14, now 37. I am the only one in the family who never deserted him and we talk regularly.

I have been emotionally alone for 26 years; since my divorce in 1985.