CVA - "Back in Shape"

[SuperDad]

CVA,
Nomo got in a hard 7 hour workout yesterday evening, so he deserves a break today

RE: Depression. Depression is a persistant state, being depressed is a response to a temporary situation. When I look back over the years, I often thought/knew that my W was depressed, but never thought about the possiblity that it was Depression with a cause all it's own and not in response to the sitch at the time. Now I see that there was always a reason/excuse for her to be depressed and in fact that the cause is almost certainly something much deeper which she needs to deal with (maybe physical- e.g. brain chemistry, maybe psychological - e.g. unresolved issues from her past, maybe both).

I would take a step back and see if she meets many/most of the indicators for depression listed in DR and then decide if this is a possibility. I think that mild depression is very easy to overlook as something else and it can be just as destructive over the long haul as severe depression.

For reference the symptoms DR lists are:

Changes in sleeping habits
Changes in eating habits
Lethargy
Loss of pleasure
Lack of motivation
Irritability
Loss of concentration/poor memory
Excessive crying
Apathy
Withdrawal
Thoughts of death or suicide
Loss of interest in sex

I think that your W has quite a few of these, which is why I thought of depression. My W has shown most of these (not death/suicide thankfully) for the better part of our marriage. I just never even considered depression because I always focussed on the (ever fewer) good times. In this case, being an optimist can eventually lead to denial.

I hope this isn't it, but I would take another look just to make sure.

SD