Another way of looking at depression

[Cyberman]

If physical illnesses were treated the same as depression:



Here's a few articles from a resource which I've recently found very helpful, both in understanding my condition and getting a handle on it:

5 Things I Wish People Who Don't Have Depression Understood

9 Things Depression Is (and 4 Things It Is Not)

The 7 Days in a ‘Weak Week' for Someone With Depression

A Description of Depression for People Who Think I Can Just 'Get Over It'

I hope others find them as helpful.

As to the question of whether anyone has told me to just suck it up; like others have said, yes plenty of times. One of them was my now late uncle, someone to whom I'd always been very close. I was put in the position of having to block him on social media and inadvertently causing a family argument because of the comments he was making.