I still don't think I'm depressed anymore, that's a good up! For my downs, I looked in the mirror again today and tried to make some sorts of facial expressions and realized how far I still have to go before this facial paralysis wears off, if it ever does. Doctors told me there was a 60% chance it would wear off in 18 months. The entire left half of my face was completely paralyzed from shingles in my ear, and it took about 3 months for most of my smile to come back, and now it's been 4 and I can close my eye for short periods of time again. I still have more of a smile to go, my eyebrow, nose, lips, and the strength to hold my eye closed... Just seems so far away and so unlikely that I'll get it all back. I should just paint all my mirrors black or something.