Thought this timely to share, an excerpt from Allie Brosh's Hyperbole and a Half:

Depression part one:

"Some people have legitimate reason to feel depressed, but not me. I just woke up one day feeling arbitrarily sad and helpless.
It’s disappointing to feel sad for no reason. Sadness can be almost pleasantly indulgent when you have a way to justify it. You can listen to sad music and imagine yourself the protagonist in a dramatic movie.
You can gaze out the window while you’re crying and think, This is so sad, I can’t even believe how sad this situation is. I bet even a reenactment of my sadness could bring an entire audience to tears.
But my sadness didn’t have a purpose. Listening to sad music and imagining that my life was a movie just made me feel kind of weird because I couldn’t get behind the idea of a movie where the character was sad for no reason.
Essentially, I was being robbed of my right to feel self-pity, which is the only redeeming part of sadness.
And for a little bit, that was good enough reason to pity myself
Standing around feeling sorry for myself was momentarily exhilarating, but I grew tired of it quickly. That will do, I thought, I’ve had my fun, let’s move on to something else now. But the sadness didn’t go away.
I tried to force myself to not be sad.
Stop it.
Stop being sad.
Right now.
Stop.
Get up.
But trying to use willpower to overcome the apathetic sort of sadness that accompanies depression is like the person with no arms trying to punch themselves until their hands grow back. A fundamental component of the plan is missing and it isn’t going to work. "

Depression part two:
"It’s weird for people who still have feelings to be around depressed people. They try to help you have feelings again so things can go back to normal, and it’s frustrating for them when that doesn’t happen.
From their perspective, it seems like there has got to be some untapped source of happiness within you that you’ve simply lost track of, and if you could just see how beautiful things are…"

(((( and you just...... can't )))

I didn't know what category to choose for this... but this book...can't recommend it enough.
I will cry my head off if Allie Brosh decides to check out. She's been MIA for quite awhile. Her wiki is very sad last I checked.

Adventures in Depression [hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com]