I'm glad so many people agree that it's time to see a counselor. Even if it's not an official diagnosis of depression, if you need some help with day-to-day life, why not get it? Would you wait two weeks to see if a toothache went away?

Other points worth considering: Other people may have seen the depression before you noticed it. It's hard for me to believe that one day you felt great, and then next you woke up and said, "I don't want to get out of bed. Who cares?" Unless there was triggering event -- breakup with a romantic partner or even learning someone you were interested in has another interest, bad test grade, illness at home, fight with a close friend, money worries. And if there was a trigggering event, seeing a counselor may be helpful for dealing with the response.

Lastly, depression is stimatized by society. No one "wants" to be depressed. It's like those commercials of little kids saying, "I want to grow up to be a drug addict." Ixnay. No one dreams of being depressed. And society tells us -- You're just being moody. Get up off your duff. You're just lazy. Etc. This does not help. We absorb these messages that it's our fault. We're just a tad sad. We wait two weeks, two months, two years to get help. I've done it, for sure.

So again, seeing a counselor can help you clarify whether it is just sadness, laziness, etc. Then you can come back to the Forum and say -- I was right, folks. It just a bit of sadness. I'm okay. And we will be glad to hear that.

Please let us know how you are doing, SQ, and what's going on with you.