I can relate to the taking everything seriously part. Before the depression hit I used humor a lot to fend off sadness. Losing my ability to make jokes made things harder. I still get angry sometimes when I listen to some of the stupid things the radio djs say thats supposed to be humor. The problem was for me that my anger became hate and the hate grew. Pretty soon it was right there at the surface and I exploded more than once. I cant keep that kind of mood and I have to work at changing it.