I just get so sick and tired of being told...'I understand you have depression and you suffer and its an illness, but by the way you can choose to think positive and recover'....
For f***s sake if it was that bloody simple I would have already done that don't you think....no I do not enjoy it, or choose not to recover or feel more comfortable depressed and therefore afraid to feel better thus 'choosing' my depression...even people who say they understand have no freaking idea.
People should just be honest about their opinion in the first place rather then pretending they understand only to go on to the same old cliches that don't work for me and many others. And not getting that some people do not 'recover' and end up functioning normally. some people end up having to cope with and manage it as well as accept it....and most of all that having that perspective does not mean I 'gave up' I am still alive, I haven't committed suicide yet...what more do people want.
A bit of a rant I guess, but yeah I often feel no one really understands Major Depressive Disorder....hell even people who say they have the diagnoses don't even seem to get it so yeah...don't know where that leaves me.