(March 29, 2014 at 8:01 pm)KUSA Wrote:(March 29, 2014 at 4:48 pm)Deidre32 Wrote: Something I've noticed in reading through this thread. There seems to be an idea, whether it's intentional or unintentional, that depression is largely a choice.
Sometimes it is. Sometimes the level of depression you are feeling is a choice.
I think that if you are not trying to overcome it then you are choosing to keep it. Some people may need medicine but a lot of people just need to have self discipline and train their mind not to be depressed.
Regardless of the severity of the condition I feel that self discipline can at least help the situation and sometimes overcome it. Someone that sits and wallows in it is choosing to remain there. If you are at the bottom of the pit get up and do something productive.
The bolded is the problem, the stigma, depressed people face. Apathy is a major trait of depression. Apathy stops people from "do[ing] something productive". Depression isn't always wallowing; sometimes it's just not doing anything because, well, what's the point? (in a depressed person's mind)