Functional Depression

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I just don't get it. Feels like such 1st world problem. When you can't find food to eat, can you really be depressed? Or are you too distracted by surviving that depression doesn't exist. And if you can will yourself to function, how can you be depressed?

this line of thought is a big reason why mental illness goes largely untreated and untalked about. people who have legitimate problems find it so hard to get help because lots of people think....ugh i dont wanna type about this anymore


no different than telling people with cancer "well why dont you just 'will' your way through it and if you try really hard maybe your cancer cells will return to normal'

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this line of thought is a big reason why mental illness goes largely untreated and untalked about. people who have legitimate problems find it so hard to get help because lots of people think....ugh i dont wanna type about this anymore


no different than telling people with cancer "well why dont you just 'will' your way through it and if you try really hard maybe your cancer cells will return to normal'

Ya, I agree. But having dealt with depression both my own and friends'/family's, I have to say that it's really difficult to know what to do when your friend/family is depressed.