I don't mean to put a damper on the "happy", but I want to take a moment to talk about Depression.
The signs aren't always there like a flashing light in your face, or a billboard outside your front door. Sometimes you find out about someone's depression by mere accident. Such is the case here.
What do you do when the one you love most of all is suffering from such a disease as this? What if it's your child, and you accidentally discover just how unhappy they truly are? I was just going through some of my poetry, and I went to open a file when I happened to see the title "It's been going on too long..." in the recent files. Now, I am a great fan of my daughter's writing. I opened the file, expecting to find some mind-blowing story or poem that I would brag about. Instead, I found a mind-blowing piece of reality. Alex is majorly depressed.
Now, what do I do to help her? I don't want her to think that I was prying into her privacy, but I know I'll have to talk with her about this. Ok.... I'll do what I always do. I'll let her know that I'm aware of the situation, and give her options to deal with it. That's what good mommy's do, right? My poor baby, thinking she has to suffer through this feeling alone. It's just not good. I won't feel guilty for being happy with my own life, but I do need to find a way to bring her up to my level of happy. Or any level of happy! I need to nip this right now, now that I'm aware of the situation.
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