Thank you. You are very kind. It is amazing how many people hide their depression. I did for many years. I always had a big smile. Most people would not have guessed I think.
What's funny about depression (?) is that people often think it is sadness. Mild depression can feel like sadness, but more severe depression robs a person of the ability to feel anything. Joy, love,... It can be like standing in a vast grey field with a grey horizon. There just doesn't seem to be a point.
Fortunately, there is treatment. Unfortunately, when people are depressed, one of the things depression does is to convince us that everything is hopeless and treatment cannot possibly work. That is the essence of why it is a terrible illness.
I am grateful that it currently fluctuates between being mild and in remission, depending on the week.
I've never thought of this, it's so true... One would feel no excitement to live again so treatment won't have effect on the person... So sad