I didn't mean to imply that it can just be fixed by the person working on their own, rather that you need to face the depression itself rather than go down the

I didn't mean to imply that it can just be fixed by the person working on their own, rather that you need to face the depression itself rather than go down the road of trying other, outside, things in an attempt to indirectly fix the feelings themselves. Of course medication/therapy/even acceptance of a chemical imbalance are not off the table at all. A big problem with depression is that it makes you feel very guilty, unnecessarily, so I really want to make clear that I didn't want to imply somebody should feel that it's somehow their fault at all. In many ways a large part of it is getting outside help. I really do recommend that, and have found that extremely helpful myself.