I quit trying to explain it years ago. I realized that you have to have gone through it to understand. And it's not just depression. I had breast cancer and everyone felt sorry for me but know one really understood what I was going through. There was no way to explain all the pain that a person goes through in the treatment. You have to have walked in someone else's shoes to really understand what a person feels like. That's why I find PC so important. People here have walked in my shoes and some a lot worse. I have learned that sharing with "normal" people is a waste of my time.