I'm feeling a little bit depressed. I'm learning about others that are feeling depressed. The fact that I probably have more reasons to be depressed and yet I show little of it to others (not that anyone other than Beth & family would care.) My one friend is upset with her boyfriend & says there is also something else but I haven't guess what. Another feels depressed about not having any friends. I could go on.
I don't want everyone to get the wrong idea. I'm doing mostly just fine. I love my family. My family loves me. My wife loves me & I love her. It's my social life outside of those circles. My friends. People to hang out with when your bored. My one best friend moved off to Washington, D.C. a number of years ago. But my ability to visit and see him grows less and less as the years go by. It always feels like I'm trying to compete for his time. By other best friend moved to the eastern side of Wisconsin earlier this year. I know that I have friends. I know I have people who would like me to call friends. And at the same time I consider everyone to be my friend and hope that they will call me a friend.
Back in one of my high school social studies classes, we where handed a card with the '10 Steps to good Mental Health':
Be Happy
Have a zest for life
Have an interest in your self and others
Have unity and balance
Live each problem in your life as it arises
Have insight-know thyself
Have a confidential relationship with someone
Have a sense for the ridiculous
Engage in satisfying work
Worry effectively!
I currently don't meet all of the steps. Maybe that may be why I'm feeling a little bit depressed. Do you think it is?
A life of little to no friends really stinks. I'm trying to have my writings have some sort of flow. Always try to have nice transitions between topics and such. But at the same time...I'm writing this. There does not need to be this flow I keep trying to have work here. Oh well.... (so lets just jump elsewhere!) I wish people would call me up.