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Thank you for the message. Now that I think of it very few things make me laugh or even smile - one was the story about the cat by Ivan. Why? I don't know. I also know that if I didn't take antidepressants I would be living in the past to a frightening degree almost to a point of leaving my home. Pretty awesome. You helped. Flo At 02:02 AM 7/6/97 -0400, you wrote: >Flo, don't forget, that we don't get to SEE body language on the list, we >depend on what we see on the screen. I am no doctor, or psychiatrist, but I >can usually spot depression in a couple of lines of type. It just seems so >obvious, but I can't explain it. Sometimes it's talk of illness and death, >to an exagerated degree, or hopelessness. A lack of humor about really funny >things, from a person who usually appreciates the humor. I had a bad case of >depression for a few hours once, due to a medication, and I can't remember >what it was, or why I needed it. I was miserable, I felt like all my friends >were going to die, I was going to be out of work, all kinds of negative >stuff. I don't wish depression on anyone. Ken B >