DBSA (Depression Bipolar Support Aliance) is a peer association that I used to connect with. Check if there is a local chapter in your area.

I get what you're saying. My sig. other says depression is just something I do to myself. Frustrating. And there is no educating him.

Other family members have told me, "I just don't let myself get depressed." Well, goooood for you is what I think to myself.

People who have not experienced clinical depression think they know what it feels like because they've been blue on occasion. They don't get it because they can't. And, yes, they don't want to hear about it - most people. That's been my experience.