Be forewarned, long read.
[url=http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2011/10/adventures-in-depression.html]Part 1[/url]
[url=http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2013/05/depression-part-two.html]Part 2[/url]
Personally? I can relate.
My bout with serious depression didn't follow those lines but I did experience more than a few of the same key concepts. I'm still not completely over my depression either, it's just downshifted to first gear instead of third.
Oh and: inb4camnatorcallssuicidaldepressedpeopleweakwilledpussieswhojustneedtomanthe-blam!-up
inb4otherarmchairwarriorssayyoujustneedtogetoverit
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it affects 1 in 10 Americans moderately, but is successfully treated with medicine.