Emailed my cousin in Germany, as I usually do at Christmas, with a brief "how are you," and nothing else.
This time I explained my and brothers' mood disorders, my support groups, my standup comedy through MDAO, and sent a couple of jokes I translated.
I speak German, but it's rusty since I'm a 67 year old orphan....LOL.... Had to look up a lotta words, like
"support group" - never learned that at home. I also had to look up "cockroach."
I told her one of my Laffing like Crazy jokes - I was really depressed last summer. Audience: "How depressed?" I was sooo depressed, the cockroaches in my apt felt sorry for me, and bought me a ticket to Canada's Wonderland.
Also told a guy in the building re above.
I live in a seniors' building - lotsa people spend months (it seems) in their apartments. Some of us were discussing this, but I didn't suggest that maybe a lot of those people are depressed.....next time I will.
Peter
