:) :) :)
I wish I could walk down memory lane without getting totally depressed ten minutes in. :)
I won't even keep a photo album because of that. :huh:-40hz
My friend I have lived with depression for most of my life. I cannot take anything for it because a) nothing works, b) I adversely react to almost all medication.
Talking about it does not help because, as my Doctor said a few years back, I probably know as much about the subject as most professionals, no-one will ever know me as well as I know myself and the only people who will ever come close to understanding are those who have been there themselves.
I have
never kept photos, not just for the reasons you suggest but because all the images that I need are in my mind.
The Pulpit
In the last couple of years I have accumulated about half a dozen pictures of people on my computers, with one exception they are all of children.
One is of a friend's first child taken just after he was born (I have never met either of them), the rest are of my grandchildren, two of whom I rarely see, one I have never seen.
The exception is of my youngest son and his wife, him I have not seen for over 30 years, her I have never met, although that should change in a few months time.
Depression is often considered an illness, for me it has always been a fact of life, a part of who I am.
Regrets? If I could go back would I change things?
We can only be the people that we are, we can only do what is there for us to do.
There are many who would disagree with that. They are entitled to their opinion.
If I had lived their lives I would agree with them. If they had lived mine, they would agree with me.
The life that each of us leads is individual to us, it can be very lonely at times but you are not alone.