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Originally Posted by Puppet Guy
This one was strange - there's usually a day or two each month where the Monkey makes his presence felt, but this one turned into three days and then into a week. I just kept carrying on as best I could, and then I looked back and noticed it was three weeks worth of sadness. By that point all I could do was weather out the storm. And when it was through September was over with a big chunk of August thrown in before that.
Depression is rarely caused by just one thing. Usually there's about ten small things that tip the scale, and that's what happened here. And more kept joining the pile.
I always preach exercise as a tonic, and it helps a lot, but I was too down to even do that. Strangely, this time the lower I got the more creative energy I seemed to have, so a lot of basement projects and crafts with the kids got done. I think letting some kind of muse take over - if you're a runner or a painter or a writer or whatever let it have free reign - helps light the darkness.
...and a judge puppet is an idea I'm going to hold onto for future reference.
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See, this is the thing: I think people like you who have experienced it really need to speak out because people like me wouldnt notice.
Therein lies the issue. You dont want people to notice, and I think the majority of people dont, but if they actually do it makes things better for everyone.
You're not 'just inexplicably grumpy or aloof,' and others arent 'insensitive jerks,' it helps when people can understand one another.
So your input on this is really helpful.