I think I know where you're coming from. When I was depressed, I had to avoid most people because it was unpleasantly stressful to interact normally. I don't know if you have it, but one of the very common things is you get hyper-sensitive to even the slightest implicit criticism and it will bother you for a long time. People instinctively like to be around happy people and avoid depressed people. I think it's mainly because both happiness and depression are contagious. You hang around with someone who is depressed and you end up feeling low yourself. It's no fun. I can tell you that once you get yourself un-depressed, people interact with you differently. I really notice that people randomly talk to me and smile at me much more than before.

Anyway, I don't think you have to pay attention to any of that. It will all take care of itself naturally once you get yourself un-depressed. I didn't mean to be mysterious about what to do. Here. Have a look at this and see if it makes sense to you

http://forums.psychcentral.com/depre...n-escaped.html

Here is what I think is the best overall plan.

http://forums.psychcentral.com/4162657-post74.html

Note that it's really worth it to check for medical/nutritional issues as explained above.

- vital