"I wish they would just tell me so I could know". I so feel that sentence at so many levels. while I might be sunk in angst one hour/day and calm the next, so few people have the patience to keep trying, because they are stuck in their own issues or depression that they are NOT talking about. and so we might talk to each other never knowing how the other feels. it's so easy to think other people are perfect, just as it would be so easy to listen and relate. i'm done feeling shamed by others - and myself - for how i feel. thank you for sharing this!