Diagnosis

from here

A little while ago I walked past the ad above in a chemist window. As I speedily read through the symptoms I wondered if it was an ad for pregnancy; it’s not (it’s an ad for Iberogast). I’ve been thinking about this poster recently, because I’m finding it hard to figure out if my weariness and my general feeling of bleh and my negativity and my desire to avoid people and my sudden bouts of tears are a sign that Depression is lurking (I feel as though I’ve spotted him outside and heard him knocking, but when I go to the door, he’s never there), or just the result of this month’s particular combination of hormones and pregnancy-related exhaustion.