Do you take antidepressants?

[The Valkyrie]

I'm not trying to play the whole "I'm tough and don't need that stuff" bullshit.

I honestly think I've been lucky.

No, I get it. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you haven't suffered from depression your whole life, right? That's the difference. For some reason (probably genetic) my brain never generated those "feel good" chemicals it was supposed to.

I was even depressed as a young child, I just didn't know that was what it was because I had never felt any other way. People who have the serotonin and dopamine working naturally don't know how lucky they are.

You are correct on both counts:

I first suffered from depression in my mid teens, and I honestly think that's what made the difference.

I can relate but I definitely can't imagine what it's like to live with it constantly.

For me I've found I have a good number of people I can talk to about it (and my work has a shrink on staff).