[quote=@Apokalipse] Thanks! Glad we had this bonding experience ^_^ yeah, a lot of people mistake depression as just being "sadness" or something, but it isn't. It's this all-consuming thing that just takes hold of you. You care so much, but at the same time, you can't make yourself do anything about it. You sleep all day and sometimes have trouble sleeping, too. You hate leaving the house and don't participate in activities anymore, even activities that you once found enjoyable. And you don't know [i]why[/i]. It's just kinda there; you have no reason sometimes, but you feel it. And at times, you just wanna be swallowed whole by the ground and just disappear. At some points you want to kill yourself, when the depression has gotten really bad, and at other times you don't want to die, necessarily, but you want to sleep forever and never wake up. But people see depression has being synonymous with sadness and so they sometimes throw around the word, not really understanding it. But, people like us do get better, whether it be by modern medicine or a hella good therapist. [/quote] Heh, likewise! :D Exactly, it just takes over everything, and you feel weak for letting it. People seem to understand to an extent, but they also think its something you can just wish away. There's this stigma that going into therapy is an admission of weakness. Its not. It is literally admitting that you have problems and working to fix them. Have you had any luck getting over your depression?