Chronic Pain can be depressing...what people don't understand is that we get to a new normal. Within that new normal we come to accept what is. I remember the days when I could run and bend and jump. I remember the days I could sleep all night without suffering. As time passes, my new normal is what it is. I'm never going to get younger, never going to be without pain. Should this depress me? I have my moments. I cry sometimes. But like everyone else, I get up, do what I have to do and learn to live with it. It seems those around me bring things up more than I do. Like you, I suffer in silence. I don't want pity, I don't want to talk about it....just give me my vicodin so I can function....and keep laughter close to your soul.

You don't sound depressed....you sound like you are living with your pain and trying to forge ahead.

Best to you
J