Yes, you can do anything... you will be suprised to find that most people who end up working with other people have had a lot of pain and hurt and mental issues in their lives, they therefore understand other people's pain and hurt so much better. Don't let your deppression haunt, if you are better then put it behind you like any illness and move on... All jobs a stressful in a unique way... Deppression is not a sign of weakness and incompetence anymore than cancer is... Why not ask someone who do hiring and firing of social workers if they would hypothetically one day hire you despite the deppression?