you say you have nothing to be depressed about...
thats not true... we feel that way a lot...
we blame ourselves and belittle ourselves...
the truth is when the world is so full of pain and misery, suffering and hatred...
i don't see how anyone could not be depressed...
we didn't ask for this ailment... this perspective of life...
but we have to try to live with it and make it better because its the cards we were dealt...
some people don't understand depression at all...
some people are really understanding and nonjudgemental...
some people want to help us...
and some people think that we just dont want to help ourselves...

all we can do is do the best that we can do...
take care of ourselves and try to get to a better place...
learn to recognize the genuine people that understand and want to help...
utilize their support...
try to avoid the toxic ones that think we are just wallowing in self pity - choosing to feel miserable...
we don't have to justify any of these things to anyone...

its easy to feel ashamed... i know i do, i want to be better... but because i am like this, i am stronger than most people... and you are stronger too... its just hard to see our strengths because of this dense fog of depression... blocking view of all positive aspects of ourselves...

try to be kind to yourself... you dont have to feel ashamed of something we didnt ask for or cause...
it would be as if a child born blind should feel ashamed...
or a child born with Cerebral palsy ...

we are just afflicted with a mental condition that affects all aspects of our mental functions... we can work to get better, some people can get rid of depression all together, some of us just have to work to feel a little better.. i try to make the best of everything that i can - and when i start to feel shame i try to remind myself that i am not choosing this... something that i truly doo feel ashamed of is my scars, when i see what i have done to myself (and continue to do for some reason..) i think to myself this is something that i can control... something that i am choosing to do... why am i doing that? that is my shame

dont feel ashamed... you are a beautiful person...