Thanks for the wealth of information with which to undo my supposed ignorance... I never said its a choice anyway, just that behaviour can cause it... whether

Thanks for the wealth of information with which to undo my supposed ignorance... I never said its a choice anyway, just that behaviour can cause it... whether its intentional or not is another story, and I'm not going to claim that all depression is not physiological - I'm sure there are real hormonal/neurological problems which lead to depression. My personal experience however is that change in behaviour solved my own depression... so in at least one case it is true. My doctor prescribed me pills and his attitude towards it was unhelpful, despite being very sympathetic and supportive - a good slap round the face about my attitude would have been much more effective. I should probably add that I'm pretty fat, bordering on obese perhaps, but I don't consciously over eat...