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I actually have been suffering from depression for a very long time along with other disorders which I would rather not get into, and your response was just as hurtful. You definitely misinterpreted some of the things I was saying first of all, when I said the word chic I was referring to the person ahead of me who stated it, and for me I used it more in terms of people being ok accepting depression now rather than in the past, that it isn’t as shunned as it once was. I only quoted the word chic. Secondly, I did a 45 page research paper specifically about gender differences in depression, and what I said about how woman deal with depression versus men is in fact true, and is a common explanation for why depression is higher documented among women. Thirdly, cancer cannot be compared to depression, because depression has an emotional aspect which cancer does not, and there is research proving that distracting oneself from thinking about their own depression does in fact help the person in solving their depression. Maybe cure was not the right word to use, because I know how it kind-off puts a negative aspect on being depressed, which I would never say, because I like you have been diagnosed. Forthly, my thoughts on medication was only my own hypothesis, because I have been on medication, and there are times when I do not take it for a while, and I do not notice any difference, and sometimes I feel like the idea that taking the medication and telling yourself that you wont be depressed is what actually helps. If you tell yourself you won’t be depressed and do activities and whatever else you need to do to convince yourself of this, that it does help, from personal experience. So maybe, for some people to be convinced that they will not be depressed, the idea of medication can help. However, I know that it can also be helpful because of the chemical unbalance, I never said it was not, so I was never disrespecting you, it was more an idea that I had thought about. Also, I said that medication needs to be taken in concordance with therapy because of the emotional piece. And yes, I have been on several different medications and know that some work better than others, but sometimes, I do feel like psychiatrists rely too much on medication, maybe not in your experience, but I have been to many and my mom is a psychologist and I just have had a lot of experience with it. I have done a lot of research on it besides my 45 page research paper, and I was hurt by your comments. Mostly, I was talking about how society influences people’s attitudes toward depression, and how therefore, the number of people diagnosed has changed over the years, but that the number of people diagnosed, does not equal the number of people who actually have the disorder. From that, I was just thinking about it and coming up with some hypotheses, that I was never saying are actually true, just some ideas about how I could look at it all. Depression is a serious issue to be concerned with according to me, and I never said it wasn’t or else I wouldn’t have said anything. I know a lot about depression, I have spent my whole life around it, and it is pretty obvious that the gunman did have a mental disorder, and in a way I wish he was still alive so we could do tests on him to maybe find out more information about disorders to help us with them and help those who are affected. So next time, please don’t go accusing people of knowing nothing about the topic and telling them to do more research, your words were just as hurtful, and I never attacked you as you did me.