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April 04, 2005

he said I was the type that was most inclined when out of his sight to be out of my mind

So Aetna called me today. Or should I say a representative of Aetna called me today, to talk to me about ... depression. Specifically, my depression. I guess if you see a therapist, like I do, that must mean automatically that you're (or I'm) depressed. What if I'm not depressed? What if I'm just, you know, nervous? Although I wondered if Aetna somehow knew how many Citibank employees heard me cry last week while I tried to figure out the hideous mess that company had made of my finances... [Which reminds me, my mother used to make up batches of martinis and keep them in a bottle labeled "Mother's Nerve Medicine." My nerve medicine of choice these days is Regaia Montepulciano d'abruzzo. Yum.]

Anyway so this rep was actually a therapist--just like the one I talk to in person every week--not merely some Aetna customer services lackey, and he had a kindly, middle-aged, fatherly voice and sounded like he was really interested in me, which was interesting since he has no idea who I am. I'm trying to remember the point of his call, since it was kind of forgotten while we talked about other things--and he kept saying, a la the guidance counselor on South Park, "mmkay," which made me want to laugh--specifically we discussed my "situation," which led him to make pronouncements like: "Sometimes when people say they are doing the 'right thing' it only means they are doing what they want to do, which is not necessarily 'the right thing.' "

Gosh, ya think? It just might be that has already occurred to me. Mebbe that's what got me depressed in the first place, doc. Not that I'm saying I'm depressed, necessarily. I prefer "happiness challenged." But thanks for pointing that out. No, really. At any rate, apparently Aetna has a new follow-up program for depressed people and they're calling us up to see just how depressed we really are.
Or something.
I think.
Since I had to take Moo to lacrosse practice I had to hang up and we never actually got around to why he called in the first place. But I expect he'll get back to me later in the week. I wonder if he's single.

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