Generally it is seen as an illness if it adversely affects the person's ability to function day-to-day. Its one of the reasons why homosexuality was proven not be a mental illness in the 1970s and stuck off from the DSM.
From a person with depression it does affect me day-to-day sometimes I have to be forced to get up by my boyfriend since I don't feel like its worth it, sometimes I can't go through the day without needing to cry and hurt myself over nothing, I am irritable, don't eat well etc. thats an illness.
From a person with depression it does affect me day-to-day sometimes I have to be forced to get up by my boyfriend since I don't feel like its worth it, sometimes I can't go through the day without needing to cry and hurt myself over nothing, I am irritable, don't eat well etc. thats an illness.
![[Image: pride___lgbt_signature_by_valkyriye-d65q6tr.png]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=th01.deviantart.net%2Ffs71%2F200H%2Ff%2F2013%2F138%2Fa%2Fb%2Fpride___lgbt_signature_by_valkyriye-d65q6tr.png)
