Hi there and I add my "welcome" to all the others. This is a wonderfully safe place to come during those down times and in the up times. I, too, am a senior woman - 72 - and I just moved about 1-1/2 years ago from MD to VA to be closer to my 2 girls. I've been very unhappy here and wish I'd have stayed in MD, but what's done is done, and now it's for me to adjust. My kids don't want to hear anything about how I'm feeling .... I think they're afraid they'll "catch" it. Well, it can be genetic ..... my mother was bi-polar and medicated herself with alcohol. She died at age 60 of liver failure. Watching all that, and growing up as an abused (in every form) only child, I have never touched a drop of alcohol. Being depressed at our ages isn't easy but it isn't for anyone. I guess I just thought that at 72, my life would be all peaches and roses (WHAT was I thinking???), and, surprise, it's not. But, on we trudge my friend ..... just know you're not alone. There are a lot of us out here, older folks dealing with depression. You've got plenty of company, my friend. Stick with us ..... you'll find these people safe and wise.
abby