So, recently a topic has been on my mind as it was brought to my attention by a few people sending me some hate mail about a particular character of mine. This said character, my darling Ariel, suffers from depression. Apparently, people seem to have a problem with this, saying that I do not portray the character and her condition well enough, that I should do research, that I am being disrespectful to people with mental illnesses in general, etc, etc. 

I tried to ignore it, as I didn't see anything wrong with me writing a character like this as I felt that I DID do the character justice. I felt that there was no problem with me writing about such a thing, but, as stated previously, it was brought to my attention that this is a hot topic/hair triggering topic that can offend some people and I must say that if I did offend you with this character or anything that I have written in the past, I am sorry. 

Personally I have written about a number of hair triggering topics. Political views, death in general, abortion, religious views etc. This is my style of writing. I like to create characters with tragic backstories, even if it makes me and/or my character seem like a attention whore.

Now that my little rant is over, what is y'alls opinion on such hair triggering topics? Is there anyway that I could continue on with my style of writing without offending anyone? Thanks in advance.