(((Sophia)))),

I agree with the other posters. I have found that many people just don't understand mental illness and they can get uncomfortable addressing it. People tend to get unconfortable anyway with anyone who is different somehow, not just with mental illness. And if you try to get understanding and advice from someone who is healthy and truely doesn't experience any kind of mental illness the can think that you may be simply just using it for an excuse or to gain attention.

Unfortunately the average person just has no education about what depression means, that it is real and can sometimes cause a lot of difficult in the ability to just manage the day. I think that is sad because there are ways to simply recognize the person struggling, validate them and help them calm down and work on focusing again.

Open Eyes