On Friday we saw a friend we’ve not seen much of since lockdown. Between my health & his health we seem to have been missing each other.
Now I’m left wondering just how much mental health affects physical health. This friend has been depressed for a while, with some cause as he’s had a dramatic change in his life. The shutdown and not seeing friends & family to help cheer him up a bit seems to have caused him to go badly downhill. Now he seems open to every infection going round, with several emergency trips to hospital. It’s as though his lowness has deprived him of any fight, any resistance to anything. The medics continue to treat his physical problems but no one seems to make any effort to help him with his depression.
By the end of our seeing him it was good to see him once more giggling & beaming like a little kid again. I suspect it wouldn’t have lasted long but at least it cheered him for a while. We’re now hoping we can do the same again before too long.
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