The depression quiz

As a "sure, why not" I decided to take the PC depression quiz. I have such a hard time accepting that I am depressed. I keep thinking I'm somehow pulling one over on everyone, including my therapist. That in actuality I'm just lazy. But I came up as moderate/severe depression. I don't know how to react. Do I not want to believe it? I know life seems too hard to me. Like a very steep hill. I look at other people and wonder how they do the things they do. How they engage in their careers, and support their family etc. I feel somewhat elated when I get the recycling out to the curb or buy orange juice. Ugh. Sorry, I don't know where I'm going with this. Just wanted to share...

Do you want a more fulfilling life? If so, the label means little except it may help the psychiatrist and therapist treat you. I have been diagnosed as having a fetish for hair on my knuckles and for being paranoid about welcome mats that did not give me a warm and fuzzy feeling.

I care about what works and stay away from therapists that forgo an eclectic approach to therapy.

One cannot will feelings to be one way or another. Feelings are like whiskers or antennas :-) they tell us about ourselves and how we are relating to ourselves and the outside world.

It's good you are questioning your ways of being that may not fit you anymore. That's very healthy. Laziness doesn't really exist; we do thing that we want to do or that are in some way helpful to us. Labeling possible depression as laziness, just covers having to question your ways of being that may not fit you anymore; gigs up :-)