[intended]

From experience - A lot of people are vested in NOT understanding depression, it clashes with their fundamental atomic level beliefs of how the world operates.

You can try explaining or providing aids for people to understand depression, but unless they have an urge to get it and an open mind, they wont.

Or worse, they don't want to understand that YOU have it. "Well depression could exist, but YOU don't have it."

[brazzy]

> A lot of people are vested in NOT understanding depression, it clashes with their fundamental atomic level beliefs of how the world operates.

Definitely. I once had a discussion on HN with a guy who insisted on seeing depression as an expression of individuality and any attempts of treatment as Brave New Word-ish, evil oppressive society enforcing conformism via happy pills.

[anonymous]

The irony is, if there really were happy pills which you could take to immediately remove depression, every depressive person would be taking them.

[intended]

Wow. Thats taking it in a whole different direction - the brave depressive or feeling depressed is OK.