I've known a lot of depressed people who are quite happy in general too - the depression is a more private issue for them, or perhaps they have manic depression instead and are outgoing when manic, hermit when depressed.
It's a very strange disease. I hope YOUR dad's found ways to deal with it.
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Date: 2009-02-11 09:37 pm (UTC)I've known a lot of depressed people who are quite happy in general too - the depression is a more private issue for them, or perhaps they have manic depression instead and are outgoing when manic, hermit when depressed.
It's a very strange disease. I hope YOUR dad's found ways to deal with it.