Posted by mair on May 2, 2004, at 0:08:53
In reply to Re: Who are we? » Scott in Vermont, posted by tabitha on April 30, 2004, at 11:26:27
I'm from Vermont too. I'm 51 (ouch), female, with a husband and dog and daughter (16) and a son (almost 19) who is a freshman in college. I guess my dx is chronic major depression which seems to come with lots of anxiety. I've had it for an age.
I like to read when i can - like noa, I sometimes can't seem to concentrate enough to read much of anything and then i go on a binge where I can't stop reading. I like listening to music, mostly classical but actually lots of other things too. I spend so much time in the car with my daughter and her awful radio stations that I've actually become reasonably adept at recognizing pop singers.
I like gardening too. I generally have always had a vegetable garden, but I decided recently that I'm not going to bother this year because I only seem to be feeding the deer and woodchucks. In the last couple of years I've gotten more into planting annuals and some perennials - I think some of this comes from the fact that my therapist does alot of gardening and always has fresh flowers in her office. I'm not emulating her; I just realized I really like fresh flowers.
Like some others, I love the New Yorker also - both for the cartoons and the articles. My mother gives me a subscription every year. Unfortunately I'm months behind on the articles. I like word puzzles, although mostly for time constraints, I only ever try to tackle the Sunday NY Times crossword.
I'm definitely a Democrat, although since I come from a State where many of the Republicans are very moderate, I honestly can say I vote for the candidate and not the party. Jim Jeffords was getting my vote long before he got angry with George Bush and bolted the republican party.
The only TV show i try not to miss is West Wing although my husband and I sometimes get sucked into American Idol. My husband watches alot of sports, and I enjoy them too although no where near to the degree that he does.
I'm an attorney; it's a real mixed bag. I can't really see myself not working, but work supplies most of my worst depression triggers. I've never figured out how to manage the stress, and financially, not working is not an option anyway.
My depression is much more under control than it used to be, although I still have my moments. On the surface anyway, I'm pretty high functioning - very few people (and family members for that matter) know I have depression. I've been visiting the babbles for a long time - not as long as noa and shar and phil etc, but a lot longer than most. I don't get here anyway near as often as I used to which may be a function of a better mental state, or lack of computer access. My daughter is pretty much glued to the PC at home; my husband and I have to divide the few morsels of time she leaves us late at night.
This is far more than I intended to write. Excuse the length.
Mair
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