Depression isn't a feeling and it isn't sadness. You don't just "feel depressed" and you can't make it go away. Being depressed is a numb feeling that never goes away. Some people deal with it by self-harming. Some people deal with it by committing suicide. And others don't deal with it at all.. Crazy, huh? Getting up, just wanting to go back to sleep.. Smiling and laughing, pretending you're great when you KNOW deep down inside you, you want to die. Depression is like drowning, but no one tries to save you. You see all of these people swimming and having a great time, while you're slowly running out of breath, trying to swim up, but you can't. You just.. Can't. The funny thing is.. People use it to get attention.. What's so great about depression? It's so great that you have to PRETEND. Why can't you just talk to people instead of using a REAL sickness to get attention? Depression isn't a feeling or an emotion. It's a mental illness.. I HATE it, but yet.. I wouldn't make it go away. You're probably wondering why.. Why wouldn't I want to be always happy? Why wouldn't I want to be alive instead of just existing? Because it's a part of me. Without it, who would I be? Think about it..