Today in the United States, says the American Psychological Association, one in four women will experience a severe depression in her lifetime. Only one-fifth will seek treatment. Risks for depression include sexual or physical abuse. Women with younger children face additional risk. The more children a woman has, the greater the risk.
Inaction leads to bitterness.
Over a course of a life, it can really be stunting, damaging. I just saw it a lot. Such losses can occur at home, at work, with spouses, with co-workers, with friends, with parents. The erosion of self occurs as women shut themselves down, close themselves off to wellsprings of spirit and life and desire. This loss evokes grief.