A lot of the readers have said that Clark is like a sociopath. I disagree strongly. When men get depressed it doesn't look the same way as when women get depressed. It actually looks a lot like Clark, although it can get a lot angrier.
Also, I have a very different view about Lana. She is going down a very destructive road. This isn't just a woman on the rebound; this is a woman making life-changing decisions based on what her emotions for the last thirty seconds tell her.
There isn't an emotionally healthy one in the bunch.
While Clark doesn't need a lot of sleep, he still needs sleep. For both my husband and myself, extreme exhaustion, lack of a healthy diet and lack of exercise have caused short term bouts of depression. After two or three nights of decent sleep, suddenly rational thought returned. Perhaps with the wonky dreams Clark hasn't actually been sleeping correctly. Or maybe for him it's a sunlight issue. Or maybe I'm way off-base.
I didn't bond well with my eldest daughter for the first three months of her life. It wasn't until after her health problems were on the mend that I had the mental energy left to get to know her as a person. I also didn't realize that babies had personalities. It sounds stupid, but I didn't realize how much she communicated that wasn't daily needs. I also didn't know that I should be talking to her before she reached the babbling age. So I lived in a silent world where I spoke to no one and did nothing but care for what I deemed as a self-centered child. At the time it seemed very rational. But nobody told me differently. I tend to give new moms and especially non-lactating new dads a lot of grace.
I am, however, concerned that the trend is now for both Lois and Clark to avoid each other, particularly emotionally, and to assume the worst in each other.
Elisabeth
