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Patrice*, a 54-year-old nurse now living in Vero Beach, Fla., knew the signs. She was exhausted — but couldn’t sleep. Her house was a “disaster” but she had no energy to clean. She avoided socializing.
Patrice had believed that leaving her abusive, alcoholic husband would help. Instead, she got worse. “The most exhausting part was the facade I put on at work,” she says. “I was smiling till my face hurt, and anxiously looking forward to clocking out so I could get in my car and cry.”
Gaia*, a 39-year-old author from Portland, Ore., felt similarly. “If someone said, ‘How are you?’ I would break down and start crying. I had no hope. I couldn’t focus. I used to be an avid reader, but then I couldn’t read a magazine article.” She adds, “People would say that my speech was really slow. You feel dead.”
Although they showed it in different ways, both women had something in common: undiagnosed and untreated depression. READ MORE
*Names have been changed.
