Pepe, I don't think you understand. People with depression do cope and cope brilliantlu day after day after day. They manage their homes, their children, their mate and their jobs, but they do it with a black cloud over their heads the whole time.
Over and over again their feet feel they are encased in lead boots, they hurt from exhaustion and still they carry on. They then have their down days, just like anyone else, but they still cope.
Those that don't and finally commit suicide are really and truly at the end of their tethers, beyond all normal things and there is nowhere left to turn.
Coping is the rule of the bluddy game and they do it. They cover their pain and hide their fears and keep going. Any number of people here on this forum would agree with me.
They are resiliant beyond the norm BUT they do hurt and fall down when not believed in and are critised and abused even more than normal people without these problems.
I'm not deriding what you are saying, but I do know very few people understand just how much resilience and effort is put into an ordinary day for people with severe depression.
