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I have a good friend who I’ve known for many years. Due to the fact that I went back to work about a year or so ago and Covid  we have not seen each other the way we typically do. My job has involved a lot of travel so between that and having three young kids at home heavily involved in activities it has left little time for me to see friends on a frequent basis.

We speak here and there and text even more. I had a sinking suspicion that something was going on but I did not know what it was just a general feeling. Mind you, this is one of those people who seems to have the world at her fingertips. She is extraordinarily wealthy quite beautiful has the life most dream of so my first thought was maybe it was marital. Her H is at the very tip top of his field, high profile and super well connected which made what she is going through that much harder.

We finally got together yesterday and I was stunned when she revealed to me that she has been in a very deep depression not only in this last year but for about three years. And said these last few months, she has been suicidal. She said it has gotten progressively worse that she’s been on several different medications and is going to be going into a treatment facility next week. truly, you could have knocked me over with a feather.

I immediately thought back to our many get-togethers,a number of parties that they threw at their home,  several vacations that we had been on together thinking about how happy and full of life she seemed. It is amazing to me to think that she was going through all of this while having to put on the strong front (her husband is a bigwig in the big law world).

Bottom line when they say you never know what someone is going through, it is so very true. I was devastated to hear about how far this has gone and really hope that she will get the answers and healing that she has been seeking. if anything it reminded me to give everyone a break because you really never know what’s going on under the surface....this is a case in point.

I used to think she had it all, and often felt inferior to her but looking at her so frail and vulnerable, made me realize does not matter what kind of money or status you have, if you are not happy, the world feels empty.

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