My Lifejacket is named "Cipralex"

I haven't written anything is soooo long! This blog is about depression and lifejackets. I saw my counsellor today and she said that taking medication was like wearing a lifejacket. Even if you know how to swim (cope), a lifejacket can sometimes be necessary and very useful. All of a sudden, it just made so much sense to me! It's not that I'm weak or incapable - it's that I have a very far distance to swim and the waves get quite choppy at times; so without my lifejacket, I'm in very real danger of drowning, but with it, I can keep on swimming!

I don't know if this analogy will help anyone else - but it sure helped me!