One more comment to clarify where I’m coming from. I have suffered from depression for decades. I have seen others with depression suffer a great deal of “self harm” including suicide. I will advocate for the clinically depressed always (not always for the situationally depressed (aka unhappy)). In my experience (yes,…

Please don’t presume to know anything about my story other than what I specifically said or about my relationship with my spouse. I have gotten “help.” My spouse also suffers from depression, and her symptoms present very differently than mine. We’re doing just fine, put a lot of work into our relationship, and…

As a married male with kids and depression, this statement deeply saddens me. Depression’s worst symptom is that it convinces the sufferer that the negative thoughts are what they deserve, and that they are not sick. Everyone else with depression is sick, but not me - my negative thoughts and self hatred are deserved.…