So you shared your face with us, but what makes you YOU?

[dakski]

Kcl, what a incredible and fascinating education you have !! The fieldwork alone must have been exciting. Its wonderful to be able to learn and work in a field that is so interesting.

Depression is a terrible thing. What makes it so bad is that there is still such a stigma attached to it. Very little true understanding and support unless from people that have suffered from it or are trained to help with it. It can be crippling. I sometimes wonder why it is so difficult for some people to understand that in something so complex like the human body, more can mis fire and go wrong then just purely physical ailments?

My friends doctor said it best. Saying "just pull yourself together and you'll be fine" to someone with major depression is like saying "Just take a deep breath and you'll be fine" to someone with a collapsed lung.

Its a hard and long fight. There IS help out there. And sometimes its one day at a time. So what if you do not finish all the projects you start ? Just the fact that you DO start them, that you still work, that you go on, proves what a fighter you are. Give yourself credit and keep on going

Well said Zina10! KCL - you are brave for sharing and sound like a fighter to me.

I hate the stigma attached to depression....more on that later.