Jeff, your mom is in a nursing home and is not the same person you knew as a child. That alone is enough to make anyone depressed. Chronic stress, even low-level chronic stress, is far worse for us than acute episodes such as emergencies, where what doesn't kill us truly makes us stronger. The chronic stuff just kills us, really really slowly.
Depression is often a discomfort that the mind and body settle for to avoid emotions that some part of us finds more threatening. I'm not saying that's what's going on with you, just that if there's someone professional you can talk to about how you feel, whether with or without medication, you might be able to understand better whatever it is.
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Date: 2008-06-15 09:20 pm (UTC)Depression is often a discomfort that the mind and body settle for to avoid emotions that some part of us finds more threatening. I'm not saying that's what's going on with you, just that if there's someone professional you can talk to about how you feel, whether with or without medication, you might be able to understand better whatever it is.