I feel that I have depression due to circumstances myself. The paragraph that I had quoted from you above sounds like me exactly, which is why I singled that one out. The rest sounds like me, also, except for a couple of things; such as the medications and sleeping a lot.

I can feel very happy when things are going well, and they are for me right now. However, I do get feelings of upcoming doom and gloom even when there's nothing coming up to dread. And then I feel like something's wrong with me for feeling great and having things work out well for me. There had been lots of times when I would feel so wonderful and then one little thing goes wrong and I go into an emotional "nosedive". All it would take is someone saying something to me that critical or corrective (even if it was meant well for me). I am very sensitive myself.

Interesting that those who had replied to you mentioned abandonment; and then you had replied back saying you were not treated well as a child. It sounds like those who had replied were referring to CEN. I had been reading articles about CEN and thought I never had it. After I had read the articles, it sounded just like me. Yes, my parents were not emotionally there for me and very critical.