After doing pretty well for a decent period of time, I'm now in a tailspin. That's my pattern. Depressive episodes don't last forever with me. Neither does feeling really well. It's a cycle that repeats and repeats.

I'm telling myself that this depressed mood will lift eventually, like it always does. I can help that happen, if I make the effort to get out of bed and off the couch and take care of business. I got all caught up on laundry and made some progress on my pre-holiday annual big cleaning. But now I don't feel like doing anything.

I'm kind of isolated, more or less by choice. That may be part of my problem. But I just don't feel like mingling.