How many of us who are prone to depression have heard this one?

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6. I think that

A lot of people who have never experienced clinical depression don't fully understand it, even tho they may want to or think they do. If they haven't experienced it, they seem to think it's like having a bad day, or going thru a rough patch, rather than being at the bottom of a murky pit that you feel unable to crawl out of. I have a couple good friends who I know try to understand, but I can tell they don't, not really. Fortunately, I haven't been in that pit for quite a while, but have spent many years there in the past.