I am impressed by anyone who has the courage not only to write about their depression but then to publish it for the whole world to see. Once you put it out there like that, the "mask of all-rightness" is a little harder to fool people with. I'm only open about my depression with my parents and two very close friends, and the rest of the time I am also wearing that mask for fear of what others will think of me, for fear that they won't understand, because I don't want to have to explain my illness, because I don't want people to think that because I'm ill I'm somehow less of the person they know me to be ...

So I would say yes, I am impressed by her courage in being so frank and open about her depression. Thanks for posting this.