I'm quite a difficult skeptic, and I have to admit it's difficult to make a difference between melancholy and mild depression, especially after all those years

I'm quite a difficult skeptic, and I have to admit it's difficult to make a difference between melancholy and mild depression, especially after all those years spent being mildly depressed. Even if I hate the bootstrap argument, it still has an effect on me, despite my skepticism. In the end, depression alters my perception of what is really good for my mental health. It's very common that patients are difficult to treat, not only because they might disagree with the diagnostic, but because they can't really understand or perceive their emotions and subtle state of mind. Depression is a bit like obesity, you go back to the cause without caring for the consequences. I become a bit confused when my psychiatrist lets me choose if I want to keep taking those meds, instead of clearly telling me i should take them. But in my experience, those meds are good for me, even if they're not perfect. Maybe I will stop then one day, and see what happens, but it might hurt more than I think it will.