Depression Is

Thank you for the placement Kai.

God willing, mine was a kind of post traumatic stress disorder and not endogenous Andrea.

Thank you Mark. It is something I would not wish on my worst enemy.

The strange this is Eve, to the outside world you look just fine. Thank you for your hugs. I hug you back.

Like The Dead Poet's Society Agnes, we are The Depressed Poet's Society.

Thank you Alexis.

Thank you Darren.

You too??

As long as you and I well Daniel. Contests pale in comparison.

And invisible too ! It just sneaks up on you.

Thank you Probir.

Now you are going all sappy and sentimental on me Doug!

Jean, I think you hit it on the head when talking about no love being able to enter or exit. With poetry - and indeed, with the internet, being online, etc. - I can see the "exit" part being aided, and the PoetrySoup crew seem to be admirably receptive and *gulp* quite loving in return.

So many poets it seems have suffered Doug. Above average. Poetry certainly played a big part in my rescue.

Tell you what - this contest is bringing out some *great* poems. This may be an extreme example, but I've long thought that sadness is easier to write about than happiness; the joyful ones easily get maudlin, sappy, or sentimental.

Sad but true I'm afraid Jan. The good news is, I have lost half a stone without even trying, since I stopped my medication. Last spring!