[jokoon]

The thing is, I'm pretty sure 15 to 30% of the population experience depression. Severity varies, but it's difficult for psychiatry to draw a line between melancholy and depression.

I'm pretty certain there are depressed people who are somehow functional and have unhealthy ways to cope and are able to go through it.

But it doesn't mean that people who are functional can give lessons to those who are not.

Talking about depression is okay, and medicating is good, but in my view there are way more people with depression than we like to admit. So talking about it it'sy okay, but it's more about being able to admit weakness.

We don't like to show vulnerability and weakness, but we should.

[Zababa]

That's pretty much me. I have a few friends that have severe depression, some with suicide attempts, some that ruminate a lot at night and have their minds go to scary places. For me I just keep putting on pounds and sometimes I don't sleep at all for a night, but I can usually function "normally". I've had a few bad experiences with psychologist when I was younger which makes me a bit sceptict of them and I don't like opening up to other people. I should probably try some medication but I don't know if I have it in me.