Anyone who has suffered from depression will tell you that one of the hardest aspects is feeling isolated. Depression itself is hard enough to manage, but when you feel like others don’t understand you — or even that they judge you and look down upon you for feeling as you do — it only makes your feelings more intense and more difficult to cope.Let’s face it: most people don’t have a good conception of what depression is.
They think of it as just being “really sad.” They believe that thinking positively or talking a walk outside is all it takes for a depressed person to feel better.
They don’t understand that clinical depression is a diagnosable mental illness that requires proper treatment from licensed professionals.
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