I Never Chose To Have Depression

       Depression is a disease like cancer, alcoholism, diabetes, and any other disease you can think of.  No One would choose to feel the way a person feels when they suffer with depression. I have been on EP for awhile now, and I...

Yes, I do suffer from depression and one thing for sure, I never chose to have depression, just like a person never chose to have cancer and what not.Depression sucks!

It feels like I'm lost in a bad dream! Everything is crashing down on me. I try and run away from it, but it keeps following me. No matter what I do I can't escape. I wish this was just a dream and eventually I'll wake up!!

I was born with depression, unfortunately. If I could banish it from my life forever I'd be a happy woman- literally. It takes control of my life, drives me insane, pushes my friends away, makes me the most horrible person to be aorund...

I didnt know about depression growing up. The idea of suicide and being constantly sad was such a stupid idea. 

Ironically a few years, I became depressed and came to embrace suicide. 

To this day, I still contemplate. Its...

...does ANYONE choose to have depression? According to some people, you DO choose to have it and should stop wallowing, complaining and feeling bad for yourself and just get over it. Well, thank you for that pep talk Mr/Mrs Douchebag...

There is nothing that I can really add here that my fellow group member's have not already stated quite well. I sent out no invatation but it chose to stop here anyway and refuse's to leave.

I did not choose to have depression, and I did not ask for this either. I didn't choose to have these crashing down lows, and this terrible feeling that I get when I get really down. I hate the thoughts that come into my head, and...

...Choose to be affected deeply by my moods to an extent where certain triggers send me into my depressive phases. I did not ask to feel like crap at times when other people seem happy. I did not ask to have clinical depression...