I agree with you. There is no real break, making me feel as if I cannot talk about it, because it is always going on, and then that just makes me feel like I'm whining about it. It may be 'mild', like they say, but I'm with you. I do not like that term at all. Others may have it worse, but this is hard to deal with. There is no mild about it when it is something you're always dealing with.

One thing my therapist said to me as a way of explaining it was that my baseline for emotion generally runs 'lower' than that of a typical person. Meaning my lows are really low, my highs might seem 'normal' to others, but otherwise I'm just stuck at this 'lower' emotional bracket. Does that sound right?