Hi, I have never been to a facility like that before, but I am also suffering from depression and also the chronic back pain due to my job (I sit at a computer typing financial stuff all day). I think you're right and if those nurses are making assumptions about your health based off of the fact that you drove yourself over there, they really don't understand much about you at all. To me, I feel very disconnected from other people, very alone, and it seems like no one can understand me.

About burdens, sure you can think some people may have had what seems like way worse of a situation or problem to overcome, but everyone is different, and even small things can affect us so much that we cannot cope with it anymore.