I disagree. If my meds are working as is currently the case then I feel the full range of human emotions. They do not numb me from hurt or sadness or eliminate psychological pain.

For example, I put my daughter on a plane back to CA a few weeks ago after she had spent the whole summer with me in Michigan. It was the hardest departure for either one of us and we have had many. I cried at the security line. Then I cried all the way to my car when she was gone. I was extremely sad for a couple of days before and a couple of days after. Normal reaction.

Depression for me is far far different than that. Depression makes me totally numb. Physically extremely tired. No energy, no motivation, sleep rhythms off, appetite off. It is much more than an emotional thing. For me the cause has little to do with emotion but it does effect me emotionally in that it makes me totally flat and numb. Neither psyche meds or depression have anything to do with my soul.....for me. My soul is who I am and when not depressed I am much more in touch with that.