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I hate when some people talk to me with the attitude of "What do you have to be depressed about?" or "It's all about how you choose to feel about things. If you want to be happy, make yourself happy."

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I think when people say that, they are confused with what depression is and being sad. With depression, it doesn't matter your mentality of certain things, you will still find yourself upset about things.

When I went in to see someone about my anxiety at school, she asked me if I experienced depression and I had a hard time answering that because I still don't really know if I have it because I know there is a difference between being sad/upset and clinically depressed. But I don't think a lot of people care to see that there is a difference.

As far as being weak.. No, we are not. But having it questioned on us is not very encouraging either. When I first discovered I had this problem I treated it as a weakness. I felt like I was. But I have no control over this. Trying to take control of something you have no control over shows strength.

I wish people would stop thinking we could control this solely. That's just a general statement.