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Saturday, July 31, 2010 at 10:25AM He wakes up, stretches his limbs, turns his head, and...frowns. She's not there. No one is. And, when she is there next, it might be the last time. For good. Suddenly, the major events of their relationship flash through his mind: meeting at a high school dance, graduating college together, getting married, having their son, and then - the images get fuzzy, too bright. She's whirling away from him at a ballroom dance class when, without warning, she collapses. Hospital, nurses, doctors refusing to make eye contact. It's cancer, she has weeks to live, she needs immediate care. She's been there for months now, begging to come home to him for just one night. He feels the pain of their separation as acutely as he feels the pain of her illness. They are one in a million, true love. But as he closes his eyes to the emptiness of her side of the bed, his mind starts racing, spiraling into a flurry of dark thoughts that would seem illogical to her and their son. Another depressive phase is beginning, and he's powerless against it.
Depression, Family, Mental Disorders, Psychology in Health, Social Issues 