Rose (((HUGS))),
Thats the worst feelings isn't it??? When you pretend you are okay for other people...well I am glad you took a ME day and took proper care of you. Pretending to be okay can be more exhausting than anything depression can throw at you! I have days in work where the tears just fall down my face and I have to turn away from people so they don't see them or run to the toilet and wait until they go so I can resurface again. It sounds rediculous to people who don't understand and I spend most of my life protecting the people around me so they don't have to understand. Can you ring your t2 and ask for a sooner appt?? I mean it is an emergency, your brother is in town and its omportant for you to feel ok enough to see him.