It is a mixed bag for me. Normally I am very content being alone but need a certain amount of social contact. When severely depressed I isolate and don't want to be around anyone. But what I have found is I do want to be around someone but I have to feel totally safe. If I feel even an inkling of judgement I'm out. Hard to when you can't even leave the house. I feel safe with my family but figured out I was burdening them too much. I found these forums and clung to them and to a couple of friends PM on face book. So I think the internet counts as human contact. We are real people.

After all the hard work I have done over so many years I can only conclude that mine is deeply biologically ingrained. Walks in the sun don't git it even though they should help. It is like an ant pushing an elephant biochemically. In my experience mine have to run their course and I can tell when I am coming out of the woods. At that point all the other things help. I do try to journal a lot about current issues. Mine is much more physical than emotional. No energy, no motivation, sleep all the time, feel totally numb, etc etc

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