I get mildly annoyed when people act like they've experienced depression before when they clearly haven't.

I was talking to a co-worker today, and she was like, "I've been sooooo depressed lately. I missed the chance to buy tickets to my favorite band's concert! I feel awful. I'm so depressed... I don't know how I'm going to get over this." Then she put her face in her hands.

She was very serious too... but I just stared at her blankly. (I've been in a depression since a few days ago... so of course it upsets me.)

I know she wasn't trying to be an insensitive b**ch, but it's still mildly annoying. It's like those people who are neat freaks: "Yeah. I'm soooo OCD!" (No, you're not.)

I guess it's just upsetting to see that so many people are uneducated about mental illness. I don't know why schools don't do a better job of educating us about it because clearly people don't bother to educate themselves. Is it really that hard to teach kids about this?

The stigma is real.