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Leed · Sep 11, 2012, 08:51 AM

Hi Littlelady ! don't feel bad. Some familys become embarassed by depression as they see it as a mental illness and that's AWFUL!!! How DARE anyone in our family have a mental illness!!! LOL Isn't that silly?? People can be so uninformed, can't they?

Depression is an illness, yes --- but it doesn't mean you're crazy for Pete's sakes! And yes, it's a mental illness -- but I'd bet that someone else in your family has a mental illness, but they're not going to admit it. LOL There is NO SHAME in having a mental illness. It's just like having a cold. Is that shameful?? Heck no.

Dearheart, you need treatment, and the best treatment is therapy. Call a good therapist, or better yet, have your medical doctor give you a referral to a therapist and get into sessions to find out what the reason is for your depression. YOu need to get to the core of it -- you've got to peel back the layers and find out what is at the bottom. We might THINK we know what the cause is, but 99% of the time, it's not what we think it is. I was in therapy for years, and mydepression sure wasn't caused by what *I* thought it was.

I hope you'll make the call. You'll feel so much better once you get started. Yes, at first it can be painful because you're going thru some painful stuff -- but after you get thru that, it's not bad at all.

I wish you the very best. Please keep us posted, ok? Take care and God bless. Hugs, Lee