Treating Depression in Children

Thank you for this post I know a family that this site would realy help. May I send this to her parents so that they can read this and learn how they can understand her and hellp her better.

I'm not knowable as you are and the books and sites will help her as will.

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Deborah that was a very good subject.  I also had depression since I was about 5 years old.   My parents did not know what the problem was so I just suffered in silence.    This depression continued thru my school years and followed me into my army days during the Korean war when I was in combat.     It continued while I was completing my engineering schooling.   It made my life totally empty like an egg shell.   I missed going out like my friends and that made my depression even deeper.

After I got married and we had children I would try so hard to take them places for a good time even though I felt like I was dying inside from my depression.  I was a engineering manager for a high tech company.     When I retired I wrote a book on my life long depression.   I had it copyrighted.   The title of my book is

"DEPRESSION FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE"

"A MEMOIR OF LIFETIME OF DEPRESSION

Its about 220 pages and a lot of the entried came from my over 50 years of diaries.     I am now in the process of bringing it up to date.  

Over the years I have seen many children with signs of depression.  If I knew the parents then I would say something to them.   A number of times I was right.  I am sorry that this is so long.   I will be 80 next year.    A great summer to all.

Irwin

IRWINHAM@VERIZON.NET