Dear Kat:

You wrote: “I am hurting for reasons I cannot comprehend”- it is my understanding that healing from your depression is in comprehending those reasons. Not comprehending what ails you is not about a lack of intelligence but a fear of the pain involved in such comprehension.

The pain is there anyway, but comprehending, understanding its origin involves a greater awareness of hat pain. And a person doesn’t want greater awareness of pain… shopping is one activity that distracts from such awareness.

anita