Nobody likes a sad panda

During a conversation last night, I came to a realisation. No matter how depressed you might be feeling, it's best to keep it to yourself and pretend to be the happy person people want you to be. This became apparent a few months ago, when that medication effected my moods. Normally I'm a happy person but from time to time, as probably happens with most people, I get really depressed about general things. It's not usually anything in particular, I just get those days or weeks even where I reflect on all the things wrong in my life and get depressed. Almost everyone I know goes through these patches every now and then, and it's not necessarily a bad thing, it's just something you need to get through and not dwell on. But take my advice - during those times, keep the information to yourself. That way, people won't abandon you, think you're a lesser person, take it personally, talk about you behind your back, avoid talking to you, etc etc etc... Just pretend everything is fine. This all happened to me back around April/May, and it took me all this time to realise it. Better to pretend than be left alone. When you overcome the mood, and you're back to being your happy self, it becomes apparent that people are much more eager to actually talk to you rather than about you.

Oh, now I'd better lighten up this entry in true pretender fashion! So the weather is beautiful and work is flying, and Survivor is back on tonight. Can life get any better?