I guess I really do think it is the opposite. By the way I deleted my post because I thought it was a bit harsh and argumentative. I think that drug companies and doctors portray the symptoms of depression as being very close to the normal human emotions of sadness and dissatisfaction with one's life. I think that people are lead to believe that unhappiness is a sickness instead of a common but transient part of life. Thus it increases the idea that people should be able to "pull themselves up by the bootstraps." People think that they understand depression and have felt that way, and if they could get through it you should be able to get over it as well. They really don't see that depression is something that is severe and impossible to get over without some kind of help.