Hisarmor67,

Granted there are people on this earth that are much worse and much better than we are doing right now. But just because they are worse does not diminish what we’re feeling. It still sucks to be depressed, it still interferes with our life and prevents us from being happy and content.

Someone that hasn’t experienced this personally has a hard time understanding how awful it makes us feel. I get so angry when someone irl says “look at how many things you have in your life to be grateful for.” Duh, I know! And that makes it even more frustrating. Don’t you think I’d like to just turn the depression off? Do you think I enjoy feeling this way? That I wouldn’t give my right arm not to have to deal with this on a daily basis?

Look at the things that we endure to attempt to get it under control. We take medication that causes huge amounts of weight gain (more depression) and many other side effects. Gee, I’m not as depressed anymore, but sex, well honey on these pills it’s about as fulfilling as doing the laundry. Appointments out the wahzoo with the doctor, whom I really love, but it causes anxiety attacks.

Do I have any reason to be depressed, no, but its still there, every day! It is the one thing in my life that I can count on. Boy would I like to wake up tomorrow and have it gone. So we have a right to a pity party from time to time, we’ve earned it.