The crappy thing about depression is you can't just punch it in the face and make it go away, I like your comparison to Frodo's wound, that seems pretty apt. It's not that simple to get rid of...if only!

The thing with the older generation, they're not immune to depression either. Maybe they were just too proud to admit it. I only found out in the last couple of years due to my own depression that my nan also suffered badly with it, and yes she was born in the 1930s. I think it is just slightly better accepted nowadays to be spoken about.

We are all different and all cope in different ways, but however you cope doesn't make you weak or anything like that.