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It's interesting how I can be so upbeat and still be horribly depressed, no motivation, it got up & went. I go visit family for my own mental health reasons, (after 60 years, I hate living alone) and then I'm told by others who don't understand, .... about me taking a "vacation"...... ...

Hello from California, I'm 61, lead a blessed life, till November 2011, then my life fell apart. Within 5 months, I separated after 25 years, became quite estranged from 2 of my kids, was homeless for 5 weeks, failed at suicide, (technical mistake, how depressing), confined to a Gereatic Mental Heal...