Comments on: Lovely to My Ears http://www.commonties.com/blog/2008/01/28/lovely-to-my-ears/ Listen to stories on anything from honeymoons to WWII, from award-winning journalists to first-time writers alike, from anywhere in the world. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:48:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Jessica http://www.commonties.com/blog/2008/01/28/lovely-to-my-ears/#comment-42829 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:50:07 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2008/01/28/lovely-to-my-ears/#comment-42829 Thank you for this. I have suffered from depression since I was a child, and it's enlightening to read a perspective from the other side. I understand what your daughter means about needing to feel what is real. Medication dulls not only the pain, but also the joy at times. Being depressed can mean feeling everything to an extreme, good and bad. I hope she learns to cope with her darkness. She is fortunate to have you by her side. Thank you for this. I have suffered from depression since I was a child, and it’s enlightening to read a perspective from the other side. I understand what your daughter means about needing to feel what is real. Medication dulls not only the pain, but also the joy at times. Being depressed can mean feeling everything to an extreme, good and bad. I hope she learns to cope with her darkness. She is fortunate to have you by her side.

]]> by: Megastein http://www.commonties.com/blog/2008/01/28/lovely-to-my-ears/#comment-42812 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:13:44 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2008/01/28/lovely-to-my-ears/#comment-42812 What a strong and resilient daughter you have and you are an understanding and patient mother. Beautifully told and my heart breaks for you and Lily that you have to deal with the darkness of depression. What a strong and resilient daughter you have and you are an understanding and patient mother. Beautifully told and my heart breaks for you and Lily that you have to deal with the darkness of depression.

]]> by: Ted http://www.commonties.com/blog/2008/01/28/lovely-to-my-ears/#comment-42695 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:02:58 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2008/01/28/lovely-to-my-ears/#comment-42695 It would be great if all kids with depression had mothers as patient and understanding as Jane Dover. Certainly the shrinks don't usually do much good and medication has mostly a placebo effect. There is only one mention of the father so I am wondering what his role is in this drama. It would be great if all kids with depression had mothers as patient and understanding as Jane Dover. Certainly the shrinks don’t usually do much good and medication has mostly a placebo effect.

There is only one mention of the father so I am wondering what his role is in this drama.

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