[sillysaurusx]

Must every conversation about depression devolve into yelling? There’s not even any new information here.

No one with depression is going to read this and go “Oh, you’re right.” It’s self gratification disguised as help.

Everyone knows they really ought to see a doctor. There are plenty of reasons to be scared to. An untimely hospital visit bankrupted me thanks to no health insurance. My sleep doctor had to cut me a deal of only $50 per visit instead of the usual $150, and she really cared about me. I was part of a lucky few.

I think what rubs me wrong about your advice is that it’s positioned at the expense of all other advice. No one’s allowed to have an opinion except yours. Smart people like OP see right through such things, and it tends to push them away. Which is particularly troublesome when the advice is good, like yours is here.