Posted by Noa on November 7, 1999, at 19:41:10
In reply to thanks Bob and St. James, posted by janice on November 7, 1999, at 16:48:25
I also have difficulty telling the difference between depression and other illness, like the flu, or a bad cold. Or, to put it more acurately, I seem always to become depressed when sick. I guess I only have so much adaptive energy. What helps, tho, is if I can attribute the depression to the flu, it reframes it mentaly for me, so I don't have to go into a cycle of ruminating about my failures. I am better able at those times to forgive myself for feeling down.
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