Btw, in his chapter on fish oil, he starts by describing what researchers do to make their research rats depressed. They put them in a cylindrical tube of water and let them swim around. After about 10 minutes of swimming and trying to climb out of the tube without success, they just go limp, barely able to hold their noses aboove water. The researcher fishes them out. Then the next day he puts them back in, and the rats only try for 2 minutes to swim around.

That's how my life feels. I get so tired of being in these situations I feel helpless to change. Then sometimes when a new problem comes up, I give up too quickly. Learned helplessness? I feel like people look down on me when I get overwhelmed by something that seems easily solved. But maybe if they were in my shoes they wouldn't be so quick to judge.

Anyway thinking about those rats giving up after 2 minutes makes me feel a bit better about myself. Of course, you give up quickly or don't even try, if you've learned that no matter what you do, it doesn't help - or at least it doesn't help enough - or the problem keeps coming back at you.

P.S. Sorry if I sound negative. I haven't slept well the last two nights, and I'm so tired.