Posted by coral on November 2, 2000, at 17:23:13
In reply to Re: Significant Lumps!, posted by B Day on November 2, 2000, at 15:33:20
Oh!!! My husband is now taking claim for a new diagnosis - Lumpism!!!
Thanks to all for the humor!!!! Laughter is so wonderful. Thank you.
While there are times that the depression beast has everything painted so black that nothing gets through, humor is such a wonderful coping mechanism. It's also a way to relieve mutual stress caused by depression (oh, boy.... what could be done with THAT line LOL). Language also evolves as a means of a short-cut. If I'm truly just going to take a nap, I can say to my husband "I'm going to nap and I'm not lumping." During the god-awful times, I can warn him that I'm a lump person and heading for my cave. While he doesn't suffer from depression, on a bad day, he'll say to me, "I'm a lump today," and that gives me an opportunity to coddle him.
To Noa, humor is one way of bottling a little bit of marvelous - the key for me is to remember to uncork it. - The book Anguished English always strikes my funnybone, and it's even been helpful during black times as well as breaking the onset of an anxiety attack.May we all have marvelous days!
Coral
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