I had a clinical depression. I took anti-depressants for it, but they were never intended to be a cure. I got into therapy, and got through it. I was aware, th

I had a clinical depression. I took anti-depressants for it, but they were never intended to be a cure. I got into therapy, and got through it. I was aware, though,of the yawning abyss between my mood disorder and "real" mental health issues. I have a very good friend who is very affected by bipolar disorder, and while they maintain that depression and bipolar are as debilitating as each other, I see the shit they go through and shudder. But then, I've seen the shit they went through and shudder. Correlation is not causation, but everyone I've met who is working their way through mental health problems has a proportionate amount of trauma to go with it.