IX — Much Better — Depression has been My Middle Name

Depression has been my Middle Name throughout much of my Adult Life. Fortunately — since 2017 — I’ve not felt it coming into my being — beyond odd moments — which have left me relatively soon thereafter.

I’m no expert about what depression is, what causes it, or most anything else about it — beyond how it has affected me and how wonderful it has been to not have to struggle with it recently.

Depression for me has always been a painful aloneness — when I’ve questioned much of my value — and been thoroughly…