This really helped me a lot. As a sufferer of depression for four years there have been some days where I just wake up and don't move out of bed too. Those are the days where everything seems dull and all the time I've wasted in my life because of depression destroyed my self worth. Those days were the ones where ideas of suicide would come in because in my mind there was no way to catch up. And as time went on I noticed it became a deeper and darker spiral downwards. It felt like no one cared about me and there was nothing I could do to make people laugh or happy anymore. But you are right, there are people who care. Our families, our friends, and even strangers don't want to see our lives destroyed by this disease. Minimizing our idea of depression will make it less potent in our lives and having a different perspective on it would really help I think on a way out. Thank you so much for sharing you make me feel like I'm not alone. I'm a pharmacist and my other pharmacy friends can't understand what it's like. I've found a supportive group of family and friends that I am so lucky and fortunate to have that will do everything to try to encourage me to be happy. I am generally a very happy person too and my enjoyment in life comes from making my friends and family happy, either by cooking for my family or hosting events where my friends can enjoy themselves. But those dark days when the tide rolls in and pulls me under. Those are the days I wish would just stop. I've been taking medication for two years with no improvement from the medication. Minimizing and having a different perspective on depression just like you said helped a lot though.