Originally Posted by
MissPerfumado 
You do sound much better already!
Do consider seeing a doctor and getting a referral to a psychologist. I get the stiff upper lip thing. I have it too. But I have learned to at least reach out to family and friends a bit more than I used to, just for company from time to time ... just doing that makes me feel less stressed sometimes.
I am planning on doing that, from memory the first 6 psychologist sessions (of the year) are free. The reaching out I am just no good with, traditionally I isolate when feeling down, which is the wrong thing to do I know, it's one of many things I would like to try to work on.