Dra, why can’t I just keep my depressions a secret and make sure it won’t happen again?
Because you can’t, James. You can make sure you take your medications and go to CBT if you need either or both; but you can’t make sure you won’t get depressed again. Life is not 100% under our control which makes it frustrating, but also exhilarating. We can control whether we behave with integrity to anything that happens to us, but we can’t control what happens to us. Whoever said: “life is what happens when you’ve made other plans” hit it on the head. Even if she “blamed” her father, Susan asked you directly whether mental illness ran in your family, James. I don’t see how you can get out of telling her the truth and still not be a bastard. What I hope, however, is that you shouldn’t want to. Even more, I am hoping (at least after you finish this book) that not only do you NOT want to weasel out of this because you don’t want to be a liar, but you also see no need to lie. So, you got depressed twice. Yes, it may mean another depression or two (or even three) in your life. Big deal.
