Depression or a Broken Leg?

If you had a broken leg everyone would surge around to help. An ambulance would be called and you would be whisked off to hospital to have it set in plaster. Then you would be sent home with crutches to get around on while your leg was mending. Everyone would be full of sympathy and no one would tell you to,"pull yourself together." And yet get depression and many friends will not know what to do and how to respond. Never mind, you can prepare yourself. If staying in bed helps you when you are depressed then stay in bed. What I like to do is to go to a friends where I can sleep on the settee and no one knows where I am and I'm away from the telephone. Something else I enjoy is to eat Battenburg cake. You know the pink and yellow squares with marzipan all around, very therapeutic.It might be hard to make yourself go out and meet people but that is also good for you. I've just realised I haven't mentioned medication. There are lots of anti-depressants available. I take medication all the time and have done constantly since 1986. It doesn't appear to have damaged my physical health in any way, I have regular blood tests to check on this. I have only had trouble with a little depression when certain pills have been phased out and I have had to have new ones.If you are really suffering don't rule out pills. To keep youself less likely to suffer do all the sensible things like eating well and sleeping well. You are precious, there is only you who is like you, so look after yourself.