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well i am a happy person ....i think...i have a good job, a wonderful mate , a nice home... great church family and wonderful mother and father.
I do always find something good about my day,even if it is coming home and getting away from everyone.
I believe that i am living with a depressed mate, although my spouse doesn't see that as possible.
She is in pain a lot , but doesnt realize that depression can be pain, and pain can be depression.
I live with much pain myself, i was born without hip sockets, and have bursitis and or arthritis in my hips.
i never let it get me too far down, until lately. i suppose when you live with someone who cannot see that as i mentioned above,pain and depression go hand in hand a lot of the time you start letting thier pain intensify yours , and next thing you know, here you are , looking for people who might understand... be blessed

Hi. I think it's wonderful you care so much, but please keep in mind only a doctor can diagnose. And no matter how much we want things to happen a certain way, it's not going to help anyone until they are ready to accept help. Good luck.

Oh absolutely, I did not perhaps go into detail enough, her dr has recommended more than once that she be medicated for depression. She feels as though she isn't unhappy so how could she be depressed. A little more about myself,if it weren't for a forum very much like this one,I might still be stricken with the effects of depression. I was a member back in 2003 when I tried to take my own life,mostly for reasons that were in fact under my control,and through fabulous support and friendships created on that forum,I made my way back out of that dark place I was in.

I'm glad you made your way back and want to help someone else.