Colinsmum, yes, please do PM me. I might add here that I do not have a depression history myself (with the exception of mild PPD after DD's birth, which was more anxiety/intrusive thoughts than depression), so I find a lot of this pretty foreign and confusing. I definitely did not have feelings like this as a child at all, despite having a pretty awful childhood, so a part of me is like "What? I don't get it! Your life is so good!" which I realize is an unproductive response.
Anyway, it actually is quite helpful to me to talk to people who might have more of a sense of what DD is going through. I get anxious (I AM anxious!--just not depressed) that she is going to depressed for life, never be happy, that this is going to trip her up in so many ways, etc. She has SO MUCH potential. She has this gorgeously creative mind, she learns effortlessly, and when she sets her mind to something...look out. She is actually a fabulous friend, and that reassures me. But inside the family....man.
