Depression after surgery [View all]

I'm 2 weeks post-op from total hip replacement. (Back up a bit - I've been dealing with general anxiety disorder and on-and-off depression for almost 30 years.) I think everything is going okay. Stuff hurts, but I've graduated from walker to crutch to cane and can move around reasonably well, if slowly and stiffly. But in the last few days I've been dealing with a bout of what I consider to be serious depression. I'm working from home, which is ridiculously stressful. Even throughout covid I went to my one-person office. Home is not a good work environment for me. I know I'm moving in the right direction. I know that. In contrast, before the surgery I knew that every day was getting more painful and that without the surgery it would continue. Now, I've had the surgery, and things will only improve (barring any unexpected setbacks, which I know is unlikely). And yet, I find it extremely difficult to be positive. And while I know there are people who have it worse, e.g., homeless people, Ukrainians, babies with no formula, etc., that only makes me feel worse about feeling bad.

Anybody have these sorts of experiences post surgery (of any kind, I guess)?