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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP - sorry to hear this. I think you are on the right track identifying the areas that make you feel down and depressed. 
Along with diet and exercise i would also recommend starting to reach out to friends you have lost touch with and rebuilding the emotional networks. All of life's knocks are easier to deal with when there is a supportive network.  
Good luck and you are not alone[/quote]

Yes, to the supportive network. I am feeling that I'm isolated. Friends take effort and time and I'm often so exhausted I don't have enough energy--especially if the relationship is already surface.  I don't mean to sound snobby or judgmental, but for example, I don't really want to keep up with the "friend" who is divorced for the 3rd time, who just met a man online (dating site) who has told her he loves her and is writing her love poems (even though they haven't met) and is asking her to wire him money to Malila where he works in a diamond mine (no exaggeration). She's already overnighted him an unlocked ipad.  It just makes me shake my head and think I'd be better off taking a nap.  When I meet someone who I think is interesting, I reach out to them, but it seems (it could be my imagination) that people my age have their friends and relationships established and are in patterns they aren't going to adjust for or add to.  Do others find this to be true?  If not, how does it happen differently? [/quote]

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