I have had many people in my life say that its not a chemical imbalance, but its because they don't understand nor make the effort.

I like what ww said, so true. In any profession that I have encountered over the years, yes they say its an imbalance.

Don't be hard on yourself, these illnesses need to be dealt with no different if you were to have cancer etc. Think about how much we don't know about how the mind works. I mean medical science, in my eyes, has come a long way yet there is so much more that needs to be discovered.

Its got nothing to do with u or your personality. When I think about it, everyone in this world has had some kind of depressed experience. Some worse than others. Depends on the situations that are thrown at us.

Justy