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\"\"<\/a>After my last post, I have been touched by empathic\u00a0responses\u00a0to my depression and winter” blues.” Some readers reached out to pull me out of my doldrums and I heard from others sinking in my proverbial\u00a0boat. All of this reinforced my intentions. I was trying to articulate the darker side of all of us and let you know I am not all pumpkin pie and eye shadow tips. Not that\u00a0anyone\u00a0who really knows me thinks that for a second. I always say my house is like me, everything perfectly tidy and in its\u00a0place\u00a0but if you open a closet, all the real stuff is shoved out of sight in\u00a0a jumbled mess. \u00a0I’ve been working a bit on my personal “closets” since that post and I can at least shut the doors now\u00a0without\u00a0using my hip. So things are looking up.<\/p>\n

I was watching a\u00a0commercial\u00a0about\u00a0depression\u00a0tonight and noticed Abilify is a drug to add to your present anti- depression medication. \u00a0I was \u00a0musing about what drug I might choose to add it to when I saw\u00a0that\u00a0Abilify is accompanied by an over involved eye-balled umbrella handle that follows you through your newly uplifted life. \u00a0I decided to stick with the “pull myself up by the bootstraps” technique first rather than rush into drugs that come with\u00a0talking\u00a0rain gear.<\/p>\n

Not that I am\u00a0against\u00a0them. \u00a0I’m\u00a0actually\u00a0a fan. \u00a0Serotonin, that chemical that keeps your brain\u00a0synapses\u00a0hopping and maintains your happiness quotient, can run low on charge like your car battery. And no matter how many times you try to start the car, sometimes you\u00a0just\u00a0need a jump to get it up and humming smoothly again. \u00a0(That is psycho-babble for serotonin doesn’t always go up to good levels and stay there every time you think happy thoughts and drugs are often the perfect solution. \u00a0Miracle workers really.)<\/p>\n

Anyway,I\u00a0just\u00a0wanted to check in and say that some non-drug related jump starts I have tried, and one that had amazing results for my foot recovery as well as my mood, was having a Downton Abbey marathon. As I mentioned before, I have never watched the most watched television show in recorded history and rarely even watch PBS. I know your respect for my intelligence just\u00a0dropped from near genius to that of a river rock, but I am into admissions these days and actually finding them liberating. I mean\u00a0until\u00a0I looked for the first two seasons on Netflix, I thought it was “Down-town”\u00a0Abbey\u00a0which\u00a0is probably why I could never find the show in the first place when cruising the alphabetical TV listings.<\/p>\n

So when I finally found it and watched the first show, I was hooked. \u00a0The filming, the costumes, the countryside by themselves are mesmerizing, even if you leave the show on mute. \u00a0But the plot is simple and real and human,\u00a0just\u00a0like all of the characters. \u00a0I started at 10:00 AM on a Saturday morning and finished the first season by 3:00 AM. \u00a0(That included getting up three times after midnight to watch the last three episodes.) By Tuesday, I was all caught up on season two and had given my foot, and mind, a well-earned rest from reality and the daily grind.<\/p>\n

For now, escapism is my solution to the blues and if you are one of the other dinosaurs who has missed Downton Abbey, get on board. You will not regret it. \u00a0And for those of you who have been watching for the past two years, this site will slay you. \u00a0I laughed out loud. \u00a0(Not LOL. \u00a0The real thing is louder and much healthier.)<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.happyplace.com\/20382\/dowton-abbey-facebook-recap<\/p>\n

Poor Edith! \u00a0And I thought I was in a sad place…<\/p>\n

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