I'm new to this chat room, and to chat rooms in general. I am NOT, however, new to depression. It's been a thorn in my side since I was 9 years old (I'm now in my 20's). Even though It's been such a persistant problem, I still don't understand it at all. I take meds, go to therapy, etc. etc. One person tells me I have a chemical imbalance, another says my brain waves are messed up, yet another says I don't deal wity my emotions correctly, and my family says I'm not religious enough. My real question is, is there even really anything wrong with me? Is it possible that my state of being is a normal reaction to a difficult and frightening world? Please help me out on this. I can never get better if I can't even trust my own sense of reality (I'm not delusional, by the way. Just confused). Please help me on this. I know a lot of you have and still are dealing with this stuff too. Thanks so much.

Skybird