Usually when people ask me how I'm doing lately, if it's someone other than my husband, close friend or family member, I'll say, "I'm hangin' in there." What's really on my mind is "I'm severely depressed." I'm at the point where I don't even try very hard anymore to appear normal. I'm very depressed, and I'm sure I appear as such. I am an attorney who's unemployed and very low functioning at the moment.

There's another exception too: I always tell me T and pdoc exactly how I'm doing. I see no point in being anything other than honest about it, so they can treat me accordingly.