There's always going to be conflicting views about what depression is or isn't for people, about whether its an illness or not, due to a chemical imbalance, genes, or stress related and linked with sensitivity, low self esteem, bottled up feelings, negative unhelpful limiting destructive thoughts and habits..depression is experienced by different kinds of people of different background and age. For some it can be short term, related to a life event, while others have it more severely and for longer period. It is not fixed, predictable, or unresolvable, you can overcome, free self of it.. If some people have so can others. The key is getting to the underlying issues, understanding the triggers/factors that can send you down into depression and finding what works best for you personally, focusing on what is of value, important to you personally, what's positive,helpful, constructive, worthwhile, regardless of what others think.