LBS gearing up for the long haul

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Thinking I may be depressed, I read (skimmed) a book today called "Feeling Good:the New Mood Therapy" while waiting in line.

I don't remember if I heard about it here or not. I may have read about it when I looked at Ann Brecht (sp?) site which I know I heard about here somewhere.

Anyone have any luck with this book, or things like it? Ie cognitive therapy. I skimmed it pretty fast, wanting to know if I'm depressed or might be and really looking for techniques to block my funk when it comes, and detach.

I gravitated to chap 9:Sadness Is Not Depression and based on what I read there and on the author's assertion that depression always comes with decrease in self esteem, I think I may not be depressed but just incredibly sad.

I think my weeping today may have been because I was sad about being sad about being lonely, if that makes sense at all, and reading about it tipped the scale.

I don't feel a complete loss of self esteem, still think I'm darn good at certain things, that I am basically a worthwhile person, who lost my way in the husbanding department for a while but will work my way back. I know I'm a great catch, and for W, the best.

I really have been pretty "up" relatively sometimes of late, and today was, well, sad, and I wasn't dwelling on negatives, so really confusing. I was able to keep it together while out by being thankful for the recent positives and baby steps, but when I got home it was like a floodgate let go.