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[quote=Anonymous]After a serious work related accident that left my dad unable to work, both of my parents fell into a deep depression.  I remember calling some depression hotline that was on tv at the time (early 90s) and ordering them information.  Even though they knew it was me, I denied it.  I coped with their depression by digging into school and eventually work.  While I was already type A and driven, it made me very ambitious. As though I was making up for their lack of inaction in life.

Guess what, I'm still in that cycle. Only now I have a depressed spouse, ironically, also do a work injury, and two depressed young adult kids (19-21).  I'm not talking seasonal depression.  Two are clinically depressed, one is bipolar. What am I doing?  What I always do. The worse they become the better I do at work. I manage everything. It's exhausting and I'm finally feeling burn out. But I'm not sure what else to do. It's like dragging your entire family uphill through waist deep mud. Just waiting for them to feel a bit better so they can carry some weight again. [/quote]

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