However, the messaging of society exacerbates the problem tremendously IMO.
Too often people are led to think they have a "disease" because people around them consider them as abnormal largely because psychology teaches such. In actuality, a depressive period...even a severe one... is often a part of life which can be overcome which character development and is instead medicated for years on end.
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As someone who was diagnosed with depression & has been taking meds for many years, I can tell you from personal experience it’s got nothing to do with “character development” but chemicals in the brain.
Due to a family situation a few years back, despite being on meds I experienced a horrible depressive episode. I didn’t sleep for weeks and it didn’t have a thing to do with my “character”. I wasn’t treated by a psychologist or a psychiatrist but by our family doctor who was amazing. Man used to call and check on me to see how I was doing till we finally found the right med combination to give me a chance to “come back to life”.
I’m now back on basically the same med regime as before the depressive episode. Life is God, thanks be to God. I pray you will take the time to actually learn what depression really is so you can recognize the signs and hopefully steer someone who needs it to their doctor for treatment.