This is not going to be an uplifting thread... I sense.
The thing is the ones sitting or lying in the boat of depression... with no oars... totally drained and have been fighting a long time to just stay afloat... they are bound to react to the original post in this thread.

We are all different... we all struggle in different ways...

Respect and empathy should IMHO be the things to show... since no one has ever 'walked in any other shoes than their own'.

Depression can hit hard not only to the mind but also to the body. Well... the 'soma somatic' term is a known fact. If the brain is suffering being overloaded... it can manifest itself in a total shutdown of the body.