Dear Depressed Friends,
Depression is a disease that takes away most of our will to do anything. I, also, find it so easy to just sit in my recliner and watch TV and try not to think.
I'm so fortunate to live in a county that provides a program "Senior Renewal" that uses Cognitive Behavior Therapy that helps us learn to interact with others within the program and develops the same skills to use outside of the group and interact with others. I've always thought of myself as a extrovert, but my therapist has told me that I'm an introvert. After much thought, I finally agree with her. My introvert personality causes me to feel really deeply, I feel other peoples pain and I get depressed because I want to help them, but I know that isn't my talent. I've recently gone thru several months of depression due to the death of my father several years ago. I was sad and depressed to the point that I didn't realize that I was sad and depressed. One day, I realized that I was angry with my father for dying and leaving me without him as a friend. I know that anger is part of the grieving process as well as depression. Denial is a strong method of not looking at reality. Once I realized that I was sad and depressed, I was in a position to get past this and became living again. Thank you for taking the time to read my novel of sharing
charlie75