Hullo, dear! I am horribly, terriblly belated responding to this (RL walloped me sideways and all ways, really) but I wanted to let you know how much I appreciated the empathy and the suggestion. That's very sound--returning to the roots of it, the so-familia and dear canon that inspires. I am an inveterate re-reader in any case, so that's exactly in my comfort zone, going back to the novels. I could use the refresher, too. Things are slipping; little details and larger items, too, and I need to re-read them for fresh inspiration. There is so much that pleased me; I'd like to taste it again. Depression for me is chemically induced. I've Grave's Disease and that's the endocrine system, so I decline in happiness levels over the course of the day, every day. On days that are awful to begin with, it's so difficult to keep swimming, you know? Add to that the cold and the short days and I'm sunk, even before I paddle out into the current. Sometimes the very act of donning the necessary armour it seems is so necessary to deal with RL depresses me; I wonder why I bother, yeah? But...then. Something happens that changes: serendipity! Someone is kind, someone takes a moment; there's something hilarious on the Nets or amusement-inducing in RL or it's simply the Hut!Lions I live with, being silly kittehs, and I'm all better again and can soldier on. So... thank you! That's an excellent suggestion and one I'll take! May your days be sunnier, too, yeah? GLOMPs & HUGz, Tiger
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Date: 2011-03-24 03:22 pm (UTC)Depression for me is chemically induced. I've Grave's Disease and that's the endocrine system, so I decline in happiness levels over the course of the day, every day. On days that are awful to begin with, it's so difficult to keep swimming, you know? Add to that the cold and the short days and I'm sunk, even before I paddle out into the current. Sometimes the very act of donning the necessary armour it seems is so necessary to deal with RL depresses me; I wonder why I bother, yeah?
But...then. Something happens that changes: serendipity! Someone is kind, someone takes a moment; there's something hilarious on the Nets or amusement-inducing in RL or it's simply the Hut!Lions I live with, being silly kittehs, and I'm all better again and can soldier on.
So... thank you! That's an excellent suggestion and one I'll take! May your days be sunnier, too, yeah? GLOMPs & HUGz, Tiger